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THE WPPSI: A MARKED DISCREPANCY IN THE CORRELATIONS OF THE SUBTESTS FOR GOOD AND POOR READERS
Author(s) -
Maxwell A. E.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
british journal of mathematical and statistical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.157
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 2044-8317
pISSN - 0007-1102
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8317.1972.tb00498.x
Subject(s) - psychology , reading (process) , developmental psychology , significant difference , statistics , wechsler preschool and primary scale of intelligence , mathematics , intelligence quotient , linguistics , cognition , philosophy , wechsler intelligence scale for children , neuroscience
In this paper an attempt is made to explain a marked difference in the correlations between the subtests of the WPPSI for two samples of children who were respectively above and below average at reading. The use of WPPSI as a predictor of reading ability is also indicated.