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ERIC Number: EJ249459
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Apr
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Historical Review: The Psychometric Tradition. Developing the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
Wechsler, David
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v6 n2 p82-85 Apr 1981
The author provides an historical review of how he came to construct the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS). Concepts underlying the WAIS are related to prior work in psychometrics. (RD)
Descriptors: Intellectual Development, Intelligence Tests, Psychometrics, Test Construction, Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; Wechsler Bellevue Intelligence Scale