Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Prevalence of Low Scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition (WISC-IV)

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 650-656

  Brooks, Brian L ^a,b  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abnormal score; Base rates; Children; Intelligence; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLECT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 77956769815     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019781     Document Type: Article

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