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Obtaining Factor Scores on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

A. E. Maxwell
A. E. Maxwell*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry (Maudsley Hospital), London, S.E.5
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Problem

Elsewhere (3) it has been argued that, when reporting a subject's results on the WISC (5), it is preferable to give them in the form of scores or intelligence quotients on orthogonal factors than as Verbal and Performance I.Q.s since the latter overlap in a rather arbitrary fashion. In this study a similar recommendation is implied when dealing with a subject's results on the WAIS (6) and the problem is to indicate how factor scores on this test can be obtained.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 106 , Issue 444 , July 1960 , pp. 1060 - 1062
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1960 

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