Floor effects on the WISC-IV

British Journal of Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-119

  Whitaker, Simon ^a   Gordon, Shirley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Adolescent and Family Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floor effect; Low IQ; WAIS III; WISC IV

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; SPECIAL EDUCATION; WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE IV; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FULL SCALE INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES;

EID: 84862216137     PISSN: 09697950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047387711Y.0000000012     Document Type: Article

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