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Comparison of reading disabled children's scores on the WISC‐R, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, and Slosson Intelligence Test
Author(s) -
Mize John M.,
Callaway Byron,
Smith Janie Wooten
Publication year - 1979
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(197907)16:3<356::aid-pits2310160307>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - peabody picture vocabulary test , psychology , wechsler intelligence scale for children , developmental psychology , test (biology) , wechsler adult intelligence scale , intelligence quotient , vocabulary , reading (process) , cognition , psychiatry , linguistics , paleontology , philosophy , biology
Scores on the Slosson Intelligence Test and Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, two frequently used screening devices, are examined to determine how well they predict scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—Revised. Two hundred seven children representing reading disabled children in the average classroom were administered each of the three measures of this study. The degree of relationship between the PPVT and the WISC‐R was found to be.57, and the degree of relationship between the SIT and the WISC‐R was found to be.73. The results of this study suggest that the PPVT and SIT measure different and/or limited aspects of a child's ability as measured by the WISC‐R and are therefore only rough estimates of capacity to function in situations requiring what is generally termed intelligence.