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A comparison of WISC‐R and WAIS‐R IQS in a mentally retarded residential population
Author(s) -
Rubin Harold H.,
Goldman Jeri J.,
Rosenfeld Joseph G.
Publication year - 1985
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(198510)22:4<392::aid-pits2310220407>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - psychology , wechsler adult intelligence scale , wechsler intelligence scale for children , context (archaeology) , intelligence quotient , short forms , developmental psychology , population , mentally retarded , wechsler preschool and primary scale of intelligence , clinical psychology , psychiatry , cognition , demography , sociology , paleontology , biology
Although typically regarded as equivalent instruments, the WISC‐R and the WAIS‐R yield significantly different Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale IQs for an intellectually subaverage group, with the WAIS‐R consistently providing higher scores. Implications of this “built‐in” increment for issues of eligibility for educational placements and societal benefits are serious, and careful interpretation of IQs in the context of other relevant data is necessary.