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THE WPPSI: A MIDLANDS STUDY
Author(s) -
BRITTAIN MICHAEL
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1969.tb02036.x
Subject(s) - psychology , wechsler preschool and primary scale of intelligence , wechsler intelligence scale for children , developmental psychology , population , wechsler adult intelligence scale , demography , cognition , psychiatry , sociology
S ummary . The Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, modified in certain respects in order to render it suitable for use with a British child population, was administered to a random sample (n=60) of 5 1/2‐year‐old children in Nottingham. Results are compared with those obtained by Yule et al (1969) and it is noted that except for means and standard deviations they are closely similar. Though the studies agree as to the absence of significant sex differences it is suggested in this paper that there may well be a bias in favour of boys throughout the Scale.