title: The validity of the Modified Word Learning Test.
abstract: Inspected reports on 59 psychiatric patients who had completed the Modified Word Learning Test (MWLT), Memory for Designs Test, and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale in order to assess the validity of the MWLT. It was found that MWLT scores were correlated with age, Verbal Scale and Full Scale IQs and Verbal-Performance Discrepancies. In additon, there was 61% agreement in classification with the Memory for Designs Test. It was suggested tentatively that the MWLT may misclassify patients with low Verbal Scale IQs.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests; D014706:Verbal Learning