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A Four- and Five-Factor Structural Model for Wechsler Tests: Does It Really Matter Clinically?
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Schwartz, David M. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2013
The purpose of this commentary is to focus on the clinical utility of the four- and five-factor structural models for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV). It provides a discussion of important considerations when evaluating the clinical utility of the…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Psychometrics
Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses of the WISC-IV with Gifted Students
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Rowe, Ellen W.; Dandridge, Jessica; Pawlush, Alexandra; Thompson, Dawna F.; Ferrier, David E. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2014
These 2 studies investigated the factor structure of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-4th edition (WISC-IV; Wechsler, 2003a) with exploratory factor analysis (EFA; Study 1) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA; Study 2) among 2 independent samples of gifted students. The EFA sample consisted of 225 children who were referred for a…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Intelligence Tests, Academically Gifted
Detection of Malingered Mental Retardation
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Shandera, Anne L.; Berry, David T. R.; Clark, Jessica A.; Schipper, Lindsey J.; Graue, Lili O.; Harp, Jordan P. – Psychological Assessment, 2010
In a cross-validation of results from L. O. Graue et al. (2007), standard psychological assessment instruments, as well as tests of neurocognitive and psychiatric feigning, were administered under standard instructions to 24 participants diagnosed with mild mental retardation (MR) and 10 demographically matched community volunteers (CVH). A 2nd…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Adults, Psychological Evaluation, Mild Mental Retardation
The Construct Validity of the Clinical Assessment of Working Memory Ability
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Benjamin David Hill – ProQuest LLC, 2008
Working memory is the cognitive ability to hold a discrete amount of information in mind in an accessible state for utilization in mental tasks. This cognitive ability is impaired in many clinical populations. There have been a number of theoretical shifts in the way that working memory is conceptualized and assessed in the experimental…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Cognitive Ability, Spatial Ability, Arithmetic
Intelligence Defined and Undefined: A Relativistic Appraisal
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Wechsler, David – American Psychologist, 1975
Major reasons for the continuing divergency of opinion as regards the nature and meaning of intelligence are examined. An appraisal of intelligence as a relative concept is proposed which advocates the necessity of specifying the reference systems to which a statement about intelligence refers. (EH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Intelligence
Intellectual Estimates of Hearing-Impaired Children: A Comparison of Three Measures
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Ritter, David R. – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
The Arthur Adaptation of the Leiter International Performance Scale, Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices, and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Performance Section were administered to 31 children with mild to moderate hearing impairments. A comparison of test results indicated moderate convergent validity among the measures. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing
Concurrent Validity of the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability with the WISC-R: EMR Children.
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Cummings, Jack A.; Sanville, David – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Administered the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability (WJTCA) to educable mentally retarded children (N=30). Results showed significant mean differences between WISC-R and WJTCA full-scale standard scores, providing implications for placement of children in classes for the…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Testing