scholarly journals Performances of Low-Income, African American Preschool and Kindergarten Children on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised

1992 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie A. Washington ◽  
Holly K. Craig
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Kindergarten Children ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test ◽  
The Mean

This study examined test performances of 105 low-income, urban, African American preschool and kindergarten boys and girls on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R). Most children performed more than one standard deviation below the mean, and a scoring adjustment to the test failed to change this distribution substantially. The findings indicate that the PPVT-R is not appropriate for use with this population.

scholarly journals Performances of At-Risk, African American Preschoolers on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III

1999 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie A. Washington ◽  
Holly K. Craig
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
African American ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test ◽  
Standard Score ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Teenage Parents ◽  
Income Status

This study examined the performance of 59 at-risk, African American preschoolers on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III (PPVT-III, Dunn & Dunn, 1997). The subjects were considered at-risk based on low-income status and/or social status variables such as family density and teenage parents. A mean standard score of 91 and a standard deviation of 11 were achieved by these children. Although these scores are below those reported for the PPVT-III standardization sample, the performance spread resulted in a normal distribution of scores. Differences in performance based on gender and income were not apparent, but level of education of the primary caregiver significantly influenced performance. The findings indicate that unlike the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R, Dunn & Dunn, 1981) the PPVT-III is a culturally fair instrument that is appropriate for use with this population.

Limitations of Brief Intelligence Testing with Young Children

1966 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 721-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leon A. Rosenberg ◽  
Michael Stroud
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Intelligence Testing ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test ◽  
Poverty Area ◽  
Mental Maturity ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Iq Scores

The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and the Columbia Mental Maturity Scale overestimated seriously the prevalance of retardation in 28 poverty-area kindergarten-age children. Statistically significant differences were found between the mean IQ scores on those two tests and Stanford-Binet IQs. Less severe differences obtained for 29 Ss enrolled in a poverty-area first-grade.

Correlations of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, and Slosson Intelligence Test for a Group of Learning Disabled Students

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 735-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hubert “Booney” Vance ◽  
Rena Lewis ◽  
Susan De Bell
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Intelligence Test ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Verbal Scale ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Performance

This study compared scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, and Slosson intelligence test for 64 students (45 boys, 19 girls) who ranged in age from 7–3 to 13–2. Mean IQ on the Peabody was significantly higher than the mean IQ on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised and on the Slosson. The mean IQs were 95.0 for the Peabody, 89 0 for the Slosson, and 87.8 for the Wechsler Full Scale, with standard deviations of 12.3, 11.7, and 7.0, respectively. Highest correlations of IQs were between Verbal Scale of the Wechsler and the Slosson (.81) and between the Verbal and Performance Scales of the WISC-R (.73).

Correlations of Scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test for Adolescents in a Special Educational Program

1975 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Pilley ◽  
Chrys Harris ◽  
John Miller ◽  
Donadrian Rice
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Test ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Educational Setting ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Economically Deprived ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Performance

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test were administered to 159 socio-economically deprived Negro adolescents who had been placed in a special educational setting. Ages ranged from 12 to 15 yr., with a mean age of 138 yr. The Wechsler mean Full Scale IQ was 72.4 with a standard deviation of 9.8. Analyses yielded no significant differences between the Verbal and Performance sections of the Wechsler scale and there were no distinctive Wechsler subtest profiles discernible. Inter-correlations of the Wechsler subtests were similar to those reported in the Wechsler manual. While the obtained mean Peabody IQ closely approximated the mean Wechsler IQ, intercorrelations between the Peabody IQ and the Wechsler Full Scale, the Wechsler Verbal, and the Wechsler Performance IQs were relatively low. A statistical test showed a clear cumulative age deficit.

Concurrent Validity of the PPVT-R for College Students

1984 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 863-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally B. Bing ◽  
John R. Bing
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
College Freshmen ◽  
Black College ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Revised and the McGraw-Hill Basic Skills System was examined for 50 predominately black college freshmen and sophomores. Both Forms L and M of the PPVT-R correlated significantly (.34 to .58) with the Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary subtests of the McGraw-Hill system. Students scored about one standard deviation below the mean on both measures. Skills measured by the instruments appear different enough to preclude use of the PPVT-R as the first screening test.

Efficiency of Peabody Picture Vocabulary in Estimating WISC Scores for Delinquents

1976 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey E. Condit ◽  
Denis G. Lewandowski ◽  
Dennis P. Saccuzzo
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Blacks And Whites ◽  
Class Status

IQs on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test for 106 males 13 to 16 yr. and of lower class status were related to WISC IQs (assessed by student examiners) in three different ranges (80–89, 70–79, Below 70) as a function of race. Both group and individual results were consistent with previous data showing the Peabody scale generally overestimates the IQs of retarded subjects. The present results, however, also indicate that the Peabody tended to underestimate the IQs of 34 “Dull Normal” subjects. Thus, there appears to be an interaction between the Peabody, the WISC, and IQ level. Individual analysis corroborated the group analysis in that 77% of the 26 black subjects and 93% of the 15 white subjects in the range below 70 IQ obtained Peabody scores which overestimated Full Scale WISC IQs. In the “Dull Normal” IQ range the Peabody underestimated WISC performance for 89% of the 18 black subjects and 81% of the 16 white subjects. When the Wechsler mean IQ for both blacks and whites was between 60 and 83 the Peabody tended to produce a mean IQ score between 70 and 78. Thus, irrespective of the Wechsler IQ, the mean Peabody IQ showed little variability. The utility of the Peabody in estimating the Wechsler IQ of juvenile offenders is of doubtful value.

Comparison of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised for a Referred Population

1981 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 717-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Breen
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Emotional Disturbance ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test ◽  
Standard Score ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
The Mean

Comparisons were made between the PPVT-R and WISC-R with 32 elementary school-aged students referred for learning disabilities and emotional disturbance. Significant differences were noted between the mean revised Peabody standard score and each of the three Wechsler intelligence quotients. Significant correlations were found for all comparisons.

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