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Unusual combinations of Verbal and Performance IQS on Wechsler's Intelligence Scales. 1987

A B Silverstein

Mental Retardation Research Center, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.

A new method of pattern analysis was used to estimate those combinations of Verbal and Performance IQs that occurred relatively infrequently in the standardization samples for the WAIS-R, the WISC-R, and the WPPSI. A table is presented for evaluating the unusualness of a given combination of VIQ and PIQ on those three scales. Suggestions are offered as to how unusual combinations should, and should not, be interpreted.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007360	Intelligence	The ability to learn and to deal with new situations and to deal effectively with tasks involving abstractions.
D011340	Problem Solving	A learning situation involving more than one alternative from which a selection is made in order to attain a specific goal.
D011594	Psychometrics	Assessment of psychological variables by the application of mathematical procedures.	Psychometric
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014825	Vocabulary	The sum or the stock of words used by a language, a group, or an individual. (From Webster, 3d ed)	Vocabularies
D014888	Wechsler Scales	Tests designed to measure intellectual functioning in children and adults.	National Adult Reading Test,WAIS-R,WISC-IV,WISC-V,WMS-IV-NL,WPPSI,Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised,Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children,Wechsler Intelligence Scales,Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence,Wechsler Test of Adult Reading,Intelligence Scales, Wechsler