TY - JOUR
T1 - Interpretation of the separate WPPSI tests for boys and girls at three age levels
AU - Kaufman, Alan S.
AU - Daramola, S. Feyisara
AU - DiCuio, Robert F.
PY - 1977/7
Y1 - 1977/7
N2 - The aim was to aid the clinician's interpretation of the six Verbal and five Performance tests constituting the WPPSI. Analyses were conducted for separate groups of boys and girls at ages 4-4 1 2, 5-5 1 2, and 6-6 1 2 to determine the amount of specificity (reliable unique variance) for each test. Test specificity provides empirical evidence either for or against interpreting the specific traits or abilities that are presumed to be measured by a particular test. Most WPPSI tests were found to have enough specificity to warrant specific clinical interpretation for boys and girls across the age range. The clinical implications of the results are discussed.
AB - The aim was to aid the clinician's interpretation of the six Verbal and five Performance tests constituting the WPPSI. Analyses were conducted for separate groups of boys and girls at ages 4-4 1 2, 5-5 1 2, and 6-6 1 2 to determine the amount of specificity (reliable unique variance) for each test. Test specificity provides empirical evidence either for or against interpreting the specific traits or abilities that are presumed to be measured by a particular test. Most WPPSI tests were found to have enough specificity to warrant specific clinical interpretation for boys and girls across the age range. The clinical implications of the results are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0361-476X(77)90025-X
DO - 10.1016/0361-476X(77)90025-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:49449127226
SN - 0361-476X
VL - 2
SP - 232
EP - 238
JO - Contemporary Educational Psychology
JF - Contemporary Educational Psychology
IS - 3
ER -