Comparison of WAIS-III short forms for measuring index and full-scale scores

Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 400-405

  Girard, Todd A ^a   Axelrod, Bradley N ^b   Wilkins, Leanne K ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Index scores; Intelligence assessment; IQ; Short form; WAIS III

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRY; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

COMPREHENSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 77955239588     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191110369763     Document Type: Article

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