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Direct linkWicherts, Jelte M.; Dolan, Conor V.; van der Maas, Han L. J. – Intelligence, 2010
On the basis of several reviews of the literature, Lynn [Lynn, R., (2006). Race differences in intelligence: An evolutionary analysis. Augusta, GA: Washington Summit Publishers.] and Lynn and Vanhanen [Lynn, R., & Vanhanen, T., (2006). IQ and global inequality. Augusta, GA: Washington Summit Publishers.] concluded that the average IQ of the…
Descriptors: International Studies, Intelligence Quotient, Foreign Countries, Psychometrics
Peer reviewedBabad, Elisha Y.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
In this study only bias in scoring, controlling for the effect of actual administration, was investigated. Results indicated that scoring the WISC was biased by scorers' expectations, and that the bias effect exists independent of actual administration of the test. (Author)
Descriptors: Bias, Children, Expectation, Intelligence Tests
Download full textSherman, Lawrence W.; Taylor, Amy N. – 2001
Experimenter bias effects were experimentally manipulated in a sample of 97 school psychologists scoring 3 subscales (Similarity, Vocabulary, and Comprehension) of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III). First year (n=29), interns (n=42), and experienced (n=26) psychologists were randomly assigned to either a bias or…
Descriptors: Bias, Children, Down Syndrome, Elementary Secondary Education
Hughes, Deana; Sapp, Gary L.; Kohler, Maxie P. – Online Submission, 2006
The assessment of hearing impaired children is fraught with a number of problems. These include lack of valid assessment measures, faulty theoretical assumptions, lack of knowledge regarding the functioning of cognitive processes of these children, and biases against these children. This article briefly considers these issues and describes a study…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, State Schools, Special Schools, Nonverbal Ability
Peer reviewedGlutting, Joseph J.; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1994
Using the Guide to the Assessment of Test-Session Behavior for the WISC-III and WIAT (GATSB), observations were recorded for 969 children between the ages of 6 and 16 years. Children who exhibited higher levels of avoidance, inattentiveness and uncooperative behaviors while being tested tended to exhibit lower WISC-III scores. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bias, Blacks, Children
Jacobs, John F.; DeGraaf, Carl A. – 1972
A research study is reported which investigated the influence of the variables of race (examiner and child race) and expectancy (high and low) upon the scoring of individual IQ tests. Video tapes of two children (one black, one white, 10 years old, in the 85 to 95 IQ range) being administered the Wischler Intelligence Scale for Children were shown…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Bias, Blacks, Cultural Influences
