title: Dyadic short forms of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III.
abstract: Various short forms of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)/WAIS-R have been developed to obtain estimates of overall intellectual level, although little research of WAIS-III short forms has been published to date. Full Scale IQ (FSIQ) estimatesfromfour WAIS-III dyadic short forms were obtained by entering selected subtest scores from a mixed neurologic/ psychiatric sample (n = 196) into regression equations. Results were cross validated on a second sample (n = 57). Within both samples, WAIS-III FSIQ scores were highly correlated (r = .90-.92, p < .001) with estimated FSIQ scores. Estimated FSIQ fell within 5 points of actual FSIQ in 49% to 74% of cross-validation cases and within 10 points of actual FSIQ in 81% to 93% of the sample. Comparable to findings from previous short-form investigations, actual and estimated FSIQ classification levels agreed in 46% to 67% of cases in the cross-validation sample. These dyadic WAIS-III forms appear appropriate for obtaining gross estimates of FSIQ in similar populations, although caution is recommended in interpreting estimated IQ scores.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA.
authors.forename: Wendy K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Ringe
authors.forename: Kathleen C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Saine
authors.forename: Laura H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Lacritz
authors.forename: Linda S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Hynan
authors.forename: C Munro
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cullum
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013781:Texas; D014888:Wechsler Scales