ERIC Number: EJ1015067
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Aug
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0734-2829
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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the WAIS-IV and WMS-IV in Older Adults
Miller, Delyana I.; Davidson, Patrick S. R.; Schindler, Dwayne; Messier, Claude
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, v31 n4 p375-390 Aug 2013
New editions of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence and Memory scales are now available. Yet, given the significant changes in these new releases and the skepticism that has met them, independent evidence on their psychometric properties is much needed but currently lacking. We administered the WAIS-IV and the Older Adult version of the WMS-IV to 145 older adults. We examined how closely our data matched the normative sample by comparing our scaled scores with those of the publisher and by evaluating interrelations among subtests using confirmatory factor analysis. Not surprisingly, scaled scores from our sample were somewhat higher than those from the normative sample on some tests. Factor analysis on our sample provided support for a higher-order model of the WAIS-IV/WMS-IV Older Adults battery combined. In addition, allowing some subtests to load on more than one factor significantly improved model fit. The best fitting model for our sample was also the best for the normative sample. Overall, the data suggest that the factor analysis models generated from the normative samples for the new WAIS-IV and WMS-IV are reliable. (Contains 7 tables, 3 figures, and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Older Adults, Measures (Individuals), Memory, Scores, Comparative Analysis, Psychometrics, Goodness of Fit, Reliability, Intelligence, Correlation, Statistical Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; Wechsler Memory Scale
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