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A comparison of factor structures of the WISC and WISC‐R
Author(s) -
Swerdlik Mark E.,
Schweitzer John
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197804)15:2<166::aid-pits2310150205>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - psychology , wechsler intelligence scale for children , developmental psychology , factor (programming language) , intelligence quotient , cognition , psychiatry , computer science , programming language
The present study compared two‐ and three‐factor solutions for the 12 subtests of both the WISC and WISC‐R for a sample of 164 black, white, and Latino children aged 7 to 15 referred to school psychologists because of concerns about their intellectual ability. The results indicated that the factor structures of the WISC and WISC‐R for the same group of subjects are quite similar. They are almost identical in the factors of verbal comprehension and perceptual organization. However, a difference was noted in the third factor of freedom from distractibility.