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ERIC Number: EJ391809
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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WISC-R Examiner Errors: Cause for Concern.
Slate, John R.; Chick, David
Psychology in the Schools, v26 n1 p78-84 Jan 1989
Clinical psychology graduate students (N=14) administered Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised. Found numerous scoring and mechanical errors that influenced full-scale intelligence quotient scores on two-thirds of protocols. Particularly prone to error were Verbal subtests of Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Similarities. Noted specific items having numerous mistakes and most likely type of error for each item. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Error of Measurement, Examiners, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Intelligence Tests, Test Interpretation, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised)