Administration frequencies of WAIS-III supplementary and optional subtests of board-certified clinical neuropsychologists.
The present investigation surveyed board-certified clinical neuropsychologists in four geographic regions of the United States regarding their administration practices of the WAIS-III supplementary subtests (Letter-Number Sequencing, Symbol Search), optional subtest (Object Assembly), and optional procedures (Digit Symbol-Incidental Learning and Digit Symbol-Copy). Approximately 56% of the surveys were returned and usable. Regardless of geographic region, Letter-Number Sequencing and Symbol Search were the most popular of the supplementary/optional components because they were administered more than 70% of the time. The Digit Symbol-Incidental Learning and Digit Symbol-Copy procedures were the second most frequently administered tasks. Object Assembly was the least frequently administered component by practitioners across the four geographic regions.
Ryan
Joseph J
JJ
Department of Psychology, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Missouri 64093, USA. ryan@ucmo.edu
Glass
Laura A
LA
Tree
Heather A
HA
D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D009484:Neuropsychology / Q000379:methods*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States; D014888:Wechsler Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*