[Comparison of WISC-R and Raven's Progressive Matrices tests in a clinical consultation population].
OBJECTIVE
What are the differences between measuring intelligence with the WISC-R or with the Progressive Matrices Tests?


METHODS
702 children were tested as outpatients of the Child and Adolescent Department of the Psychiatric University Hospital Erlangen-Nuremberg by means of the WISC-R and the Progressive Matrices Tests (CPM and SPM).


RESULTS
Highly significant differences in the mean were found. The mean IQ was 10 points higher on the CPM than on the WISC-R but 6 points lower than the WISC-R on the SPM. At 0.67 the correlations between WISC-R and the Matrices Tests were each in the middle high range. Differences between the tests were substantial and remain unchanged despite the recently newly normed SPM.
Wilkes
J
J
Abteilung für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychiatrischen Klinik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Weigel
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007361:Intelligence Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014888:Wechsler Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*