Serious problems with the mexican norms for the WAIS-III when assessing mental retardation in capital cases

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 214-222

  Suen, Hoi K ^a   Greenspan, Stephen ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atkins hearing; Death penalty; Mental retardation; WAIS III

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; SPECIAL EDUCATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MEXICO; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70449629660     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084280903098786     Document Type: Review

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