Posts Tagged ‘AP101’

Why do IQ scores often differ? Check out IQ’s Corner "IQ Test CHC DNA Fingerprint" analyses

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Understanding IQ score differences possibly related to differential CHC content difference coverage.

IQ test selection could be life-or-death decision: WAIS v SB score differences in ID/MR sample

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Interesting article “in press” in Intelligence that compares WAIS and Stanford Binet IQ scores (across different editions except the current SB5 and WAIS-IV) for adults with intellectual disability (ID/MR).  Although the mixing together of scores across different editions makes it impossible to make SB/WAIS-specific edition comparisons, the finding that the WAIS scores were, on the average (mean), almost 17 points higher may surprise many psychologists.  The authors discuss the real-life implications (i.e., Atkins ID death penalty decisions; eligibility for SS benefits, etc.) of different scores from different tests.  As outlined in a prior IAP AP101 special report , differences of this magnitude between different IQ tests should not be surprising.  Silverman, W., Miezejeski, C., Ryan, R., Zigman, W., Krinsky-McHale & Urv, T.

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IQ test selection could be life-or-death decision: WAIS v SB score differences in ID/MR sample

AP101 Brief # 6b supplement: Summaries of Wechsler CHC test classifications

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

I should have included the following tables in my original AP101 Brief # 6 report re: my analysis of the CHC content of the FS IQ scores for the various editions of the WISC–WIS-IV/WAIS–WAIS-IV intelligence batteries.

Importance of Ga (auditory processing) to cognitive development: Ga scaffolding hypothesis

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

How important are Ga (auditory processing) abilities to cognitive development.

New IAP Applied Psychometrics 101 Report: IQ scores and SEM

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

A new IAP Applied Psychometrics 101 report (#5) is now available.

AP101 Brief #2: IQ test descriptive comparison information

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

AP101 # 2 Brief:

WAIS-IV and WIA-III CHC test classifications at XBA On-line

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Flanagan et al.

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WAIS-IV and WIA-III CHC test classifications at XBA On-line