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Concurrent validity of WISC-R factor scores for educable mentally handicapped children. 1984

F M Grossman, and J H Clark

The present study investigated the concurrent validity of the WISC-R Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Organization, and Freedom from Distractibility factor scores relative to the Reading, Spelling, and Arithmetic subtest standard scores obtained on the Wide Range Achievement Test. The sample of 46 students were identified as educable mentally handicapped in a public school setting. The results of separate bivariate analyses indicated that the WISC-R factor scores are not significantly correlated with achievement as measured by this achievement test. Implications of these results and directions for future research are discussed.

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.
D008297	Male		Males
D008607	Intellectual Disability	Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. This has multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults. Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual has an intellectual disability. IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline range. Scores below 67 are in the disabled range. (from Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p28)	Disability, Intellectual,Idiocy,Mental Retardation,Retardation, Mental,Deficiency, Mental,Intellectual Development Disorder,Mental Deficiency,Mental Retardation, Psychosocial,Deficiencies, Mental,Development Disorder, Intellectual,Development Disorders, Intellectual,Disabilities, Intellectual,Disorder, Intellectual Development,Disorders, Intellectual Development,Intellectual Development Disorders,Intellectual Disabilities,Mental Deficiencies,Mental Retardations, Psychosocial,Psychosocial Mental Retardation,Psychosocial Mental Retardations,Retardation, Psychosocial Mental,Retardations, Psychosocial Mental
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D004495	Education of Intellectually Disabled	The teaching or training of those individuals with subnormal intellectual functioning.	Education of Mentally Defective,Education of Mentally Retarded,Education, Mentally Retarded,Mentally Retarded Education,Disabled Education, Intellectually,Disabled Educations, Intellectually,Intellectually Disabled Education,Intellectually Disabled Educations,Mentally Defective Education
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000124	Achievement	Success in bringing an effort to the desired end; the degree or level of success attained in some specified area (esp. scholastic) or in general.	Accomplishment,Accomplishments,Achievements
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
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