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Validity of WISC‐R IQS and factor scores in predicting achievement for Mexican‐American children
Author(s) -
Mishra Shitala P.
Publication year - 1983
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(198310)20:4<442::aid-pits2310200409>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - psychology , wechsler intelligence scale for children , academic achievement , predictive validity , developmental psychology , intelligence quotient , achievement test , test validity , standardized test , psychometrics , clinical psychology , cognition , mathematics education , psychiatry
The predictive validity of the WISC‐R IQs and factor scores was examined with a sample of 64 Mexican‐American children. All the correlations among the WISC‐R factor scores and academic achievement as measured by the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) were found to be low, ranging from .09 to .31. Significant relationships were observed only between WRAT Reading and Perceptual Organization (PO) factor, WRAT Arithmetic and PO factor, and Freedom from Distractibility (FD) factor and WRAT Arithmetic scores. In contrast to this, however, significant relationships were observed between IQ scores and achievement measures, suggesting predictive utility of the WISC‐R IQs in predicting achievement for Mexican‐American children.