title: Relationships of the WISC-R and K-BIT for an adolescent clinical sample.
abstract: Correlations between the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised IQs and the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test were determined for a clinical sample of 44 adolescents (35 with learning disabilities, 9 with mental retardation) who underwent routine three-year reevaluations. Even though three years had elapsed between the WISC-R and K-BIT scores, the correlations among the total and subscale scores of these measures were high and were all statistically significant. A significant mean difference was found between the WISC-R Verbal IQ and its K-Bit counterpart, the Vocabulary subscales. Implications of findings for assessment specialists are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Craighead County Special Education Cooperative, Valdosta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Slate
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bower
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D007361:Intelligence Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics