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This fully updated, comprehensive text examines the assessment of intellectual abilities in children and adults. Chapters emphasize the rationale and techniques for measuring intellectual function in educational, clinical, and other organizational settings. The author includes detailed descriptions of the most widely used procedures for administering, scoring, and interpreting individual and group intelligence tests. This second edition features additional material on testing the handicapped, individual and group differences in mental abilities, theories and issues in the assessment of mental abilities, and new tests for measuring intelligence and related abilities.

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Author:   Lewis R. Aiken
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   2nd ed. 1996
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.710kg
ISBN:  

9780306451522

ISBN 10:   0306451522
Pages:   412
Publication Date:   31 January 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Foundations and Definitions.- 2 Measurement Concepts and Methods.- 3 Test Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation.- 4 Individual Testing of School-Age Children I: SB-IV and WISC-III.- 5 Individual Testing of School-Age Children II: KABC, DTIA, and DAS.- 6 Individual Testing of Adolescents and Adults: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.- 7 Individual Testing of Preschool Children and Infants.- 8 Individual Testing of the Handicapped.- 9 Group Tests of Intelligence.- 10 Testing in Other Countries and Cultures.- 11 Individual and Group Differences in Mental Abilities.- 12 Theories and Issues in the Assessment of Mental Abilities.- 13 Looking Forward.- Appendix A: Standardized American Individual Intelligence Tests.- Appendix B: American Suppliers of Intelligence Tests and Related Materials.- References.- Author Index.- Tests and Instruments Index.

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