ERIC Number: EJ832611
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-0734-2829
Discrepancy Score Reliabilities in the WISC-IV Standardization Sample
Glass, Laura A.; Ryan, Joseph J.; Charter, Richard A.; Bartels, Jared M.
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, v27 n2 p138-144 2009
This investigation provides internal consistency reliabilities for Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) subtest and index discrepancy scores using the standardization sample as the data source. Reliabilities range from 0.50 to 0.82 for subtest discrepancy scores and from 0.78 to 0.88 for index discrepancy scores. Thus, the reliabilities of the WISC-IV subtest and index discrepancy scores do not reach the 0.90 criterion recommended for clinical decision making. However, 5 of the 66 subtest and 33 of the 36 index discrepancy score reliabilities are 0.80, which is regarded as adequate when hypothesis generation is the goal instead of decision making. (Contains 2 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

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