title: Estimating WISC-IV indexes: proration versus linear scaling.
abstract: This investigation compared proration and linear scaling for estimating Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) verbal comprehension (VCI) and perceptual reasoning (PRI) composites from all relevant two subtest combinations. Using 57 primary school students and 41 clinical referrals, actual VCI and PRI scores were highly correlated with estimated index scores based on proration and linear scaling (all rs> or =.90). In the school sample, significant mean score differences between the actual and estimated composites were found in two comparisons; however, differences between mean scores were less than three points. No significant differences emerged in the clinical sample. Results indicate that any of the two subtest combinations produced reasonably accurate estimates of actual indexes. There was no advantage of one computational method over the other.
authors.affiliation: University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO 64093, USA.
authors.forename: Laura A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Glass
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: Jared M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bartels
authors.forename: Jeri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002641:Chicago; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014481:United States; D014888:Wechsler Scales / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*