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Razel, Micha; Eylon, Bat-Sheva – 1987
Conventional scoring of the Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM) was compared with three methods of multiple weight scoring. The methods include: (1) theoretical weighting in which the weights were based on a theory of cognitive processing; (2) judged weighting in which the weights were given by a group of nine adult expert judges; and (3)…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Measurement Techniques, Scoring, Test Validity
Sherman, 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
Obringer, S. John – 1988
School psychologists were surveyed as to their perceptions and opinions of the fourth edition of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale. Responses were received from 97 of the 200 psychologists surveyed, for a response rate of 48.5%. The survey indicated that the majority of school psychologists need additional training in administering, scoring,…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests, School Psychologists
Plake, Barbara S.; And Others – 1983
A confirmatory factor analysis was used to determine the respective viability of factor structure models for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) standardization data. The traditional verbal-performance split was compared to an alternative model proposed by Gutkin, Reynolds and Galvin. The confirmatory analysis indicated that the…
Descriptors: Adults, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Goodness of Fit
Squire, Lisa S.; Sattler, Jerome M. – 1979
Two studies investigated examiner scoring agreement on the Oral Vocabulary, Draw-A-Design, and Draw-A-Child subtests of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities. In study one, ten examiners scored four randomly selected normal children's protocols. Unanimous agreement occurred on scores for 52% of the Oral Vocabulary responses, 39% of the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Freehand Drawing, Intelligence Tests, Preschool Tests
Reber, Anne M. – 1995
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III) is an individually administered test of intelligence for assessing children aged 6 through 16 years, 11 months. The WISC-III consists of several subtests, each classified into a verbal or performance scale. The child's performance on these measures is summarized in three…
Descriptors: Children, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Performance Based Assessment
Baker, Carl E. – 1995
The Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude, 3rd Edition (DLTA-3) is a battery of 11 subtests that measure different but interrelated mental abilities. These are clinically assessed by the battery, which further attempts to delineate the factors that contribute to Spearman's factor for general intelligence. The DLTA-3 has age norms expressed for test…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests