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Peer reviewedMartin, John D.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1979
The Shipley-Institute of Living Scale (SILS) was used as a criterion to evaluate the Quick Word Test (QWT) and the Wide Range Vocabulary Test Form B (WRVT-B). Testing 50 college students, the correlations were .68 with QWT, .73 with WRVT-B, and .81 between those two tests. (CTM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Correlation, Higher Education, Screening Tests
