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Silver, Stephen J.; Clampit, Michael K. – Psychology in the Schools, 1991
Provides new confidence intervals for Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) to improve accuracy over existing tables. Includes alternative confidence interval tables for WISC-R quotients at extreme levels where current tables are least accurate. New tables center confidence intervals on estimated true intelligence quotient and…
Descriptors: Children, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Statistical Analysis
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Armour-Thomas, Eleanor – School Psychology Review, 1992
Examines assumptions and premises of standardized tests of mental ability and reviews extant theories and research on intellectual functioning of children from culturally different backgrounds. Discusses implications of these issues and perspectives for new directions for intellectual assessment for children from culturally different backgrounds.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests
Prewitt-Diaz, Joseph O., Ed. – 1984
This is a collection of papers related to psychological assessment and counseling in Puerto Rico. Included are: (1) an introduction (in Spanish), by Joseph O. Prewitt-Diaz; (2) "A Procedure for Constructing Valid Cross-Cultural Attitude Measures for Use in Puerto Rico," by Cecil R. Trueblood; (3) "Perfil de Personalidad en el…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Children, Counseling
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Gridley, Betty E.; McIntosh, David E. – Journal of School Psychology, 1991
Studied structure of Stanford-Binet: Fourth Edition for normal children who were not part of standardization sample. Found that, for children aged 2-6 years, either 2- or 3-factor model could be supported. For students aged 7-11, neither of 2 models studied was supported. Alternative model with verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Construct Validity, Elementary Education
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Campbell, Chari A.; Ashmore, Robert J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1995
Critiques the 1990 revision of the Slosson Intelligence Test. The SIT-R is an untimed, individually administered screening instrument that assesses the mental ability of children and adults. Many of the problems with the original version have been addressed in the revised version, but with varying success. (LKS)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Cognitive Ability, Intelligence Tests