title: Development of demographic norms for four new WAIS-III/WMS-III indexes.
abstract: Following the publication of the third edition Wechsler scales (i.e., WAIS-III and WMS-III), demographically corrected norms were made available in the form of a computerized scoring program (i.e., WAIS-III/WMS-III/WIAT-II Scoring Assistant). These norms correct for age, gender, ethnicity, and education. Since then, four new indexes have been developed: the WAIS-III General Ability Index, the WMS-III Delayed Memory Index, and the two alternate Immediate and Delayed Memory Indexes. The purpose of this study was to develop demographically corrected norms for the four new indexes using the standardization sample and education oversample from the WAIS-III and WMS-III. These norms were developed using the same methodology as the demographically corrected norms made available in the WAIS-III/WMS-III/WIAT-II Scoring Assistant.
authors.affiliation: Riverview Hospital, Coquitlam, BC, Canada. rlange@bcmhs.bc.ca
authors.forename: Rael T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: Gordon J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Chelune
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Todd S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Woodward
authors.forename: Robert K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Heaton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014888:Wechsler Scales