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Relationship among McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities, WPPSI, and Columbia mental maturity scale
Author(s) -
Phillips Betty L.,
Pasewark Richard A.,
Tindall Robert C.
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(197807)15:3<352::aid-pits2310150307>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , maturity (psychological) , scale (ratio) , test validity , concurrent validity , psychometrics , internal consistency , physics , quantum mechanics
Concurrent validity of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities for 60 kindergartners was investigated, using the WPPSI and Columbia Mental Maturity Scale. Although correlations were of acceptable magnitude, the General Cognitive Index of the MSCA was significantly lower than major scores obtained on the other two tests. Analyses of the different scales of the MSCA are also reported.

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