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A comparison of three different measures of intelligence with preschool children identified at‐risk
Author(s) -
Kutsick Koressa,
Vance Booney,
Schwarting F. Gene,
West Russell
Publication year - 1988
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(198807)25:3<270::aid-pits2310250308>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - wechsler preschool and primary scale of intelligence , psychology , peabody picture vocabulary test , developmental psychology , wechsler adult intelligence scale , intelligence quotient , vocabulary , test (biology) , correlation , test validity , wechsler intelligence scale for children , psychometrics , cognition , psychiatry , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , biology
This study compares three different measures of intelligence used with preschool children identified “at‐risk.” Seventy preschoolers were administered the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test‐Revised, and the Expressive One‐Word Picture Vocabulary Test. The sample consisted of 21 girls and 49 boys, of which there were 30% Orientals, 3% White, 20% Black, and 7% Native Americans. Pearson's product‐moment correlation was used to analyze the data. Correlated t ‐tests were used to calculate the differences between the mean IQs for the tests. The PPVT‐R and EOWPVT were found to be significantly correlated with the Verbal and Full Scale IQ scores of the WPPSI. In addition, the PPVT‐R and EOWPVT correlated significantly with the Performance Scale IQ of the WPPSI. The results and their implication for the assessment of preschool children are discussed.