Profile Analysis on the WISC-IV and WAIS-III in the low intellectual range: Is it valid and reliable?

Authors :: Whitaker, Simon
Shirley, Gordon
Source :: FPID Bulletin: The Bulletin of the Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities. 7:34-38
Publication Year :: 2009
Publisher :: British Psychological Society, 2009.
Abstract: This paper examines how far it is valid to generate a profile of an individual’s cognitive abilities using the WISC-IV or WAIS-III for individuals in the low ability range. Data are presented which demonstrate that the WISC-IV and WAIS-III assessments produce different cognitive profiles, when given to the same 16-year-olds who receive special education. It is suggested that at the low IQ level, subtest and index scores may lack sufficient stability for the WISC-IV or WAIS-III to produce reliable cognitive profiles.

ISSN :: 23968745, 20563094, and 17466008
Volume :: 7
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: FPID Bulletin: The Bulletin of the Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Accession number :: edsair.doi.dedup.....5859e9733c0056a177a05c58f2b2b781
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.53841/bpsfpid.2009.7.4.34

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