Overview: In this assignment, you will identify two journal articles for each of the tests used in the vignette you chose for the final project. You will be focusing
on specific aspects of the tests, such as why the tests were developed, reliability, validity, ethical considerations, the normed reference group, and what useful
information the tests provide us.
Assignment: Complete all sections of the table below for each of the tests used in the final project vignette.
Note: Your final project requires at least six resources. For this assignment, you only need four resources.
Test Journal Articles: Why was the test Reliability Validity Ethical Normed What useful
APA format developed? Considerations Reference information
Two articles Group does the test
minimum for provide us
each test with?
Wechsler 1. Climie, E.A., WAIS is an The Wechsler The test targets The WAIS-IV The normed The test
Adult and Rostad, K. intelligence test Adult are – is a revision of reference group assesses
Intelligence (2011). Test developed by Intelligence is a psychoeducational the original test for this test is cognitive
Scale – Review. Journal of Psychologist well- disability, WAIS. With older ability. It
Fourth Psychoeducational David Wechsler established neuropsychiatric each revision adolescents and assists in
Edition Assessment, 29(6) who believed scale and it has and organic the ethical adults (Climie examining the
(WAIS-IV) 581–586. that intelligence fairly high dysfunction, and standards are and Rostad, relationship
was made up a consistency. giftedness. The updated to 2011). The between
2. Kaufman, A.S. number of Over WAIS correlated remain in scores of the intellectual
(2013). Intelligent different mental a two to twelve highly with the compliance test tend to lie function and
Testing With abilities rather week time Stanford-Binet IV with the APA between plus memory. A
Wechsler’s than a single period, the test- test ethical 15 or minus 15 purpose for the
Fourth Editions: general retest (0.88) and had standards. points from the WAIS-IV is for
Perspectives on intelligence reliabilities high concordance average score educational
the Weiss et al. factor. Wechsler ranged from with various of 100. Making planning and
Studies and the was dissatisfied 0.70 (7 measures: the range employment.
Eight with the subscales) to memory, between 85 and
Commentaries. limitations of the 0.90 language, 115.
Journal of Stanford-Binet (2 subscales) dexterity, motor
Psychoeducational test. (Climie and speed, attention,