Ammons Quick Test Validity among Randomly Selected Referrals

2013 ◽  
Vol 113 (3) ◽  
pp. 823-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert John Zagar ◽  
Joseph W. Kovach ◽  
Kenneth G. Busch ◽  
Michael D. Zablocki ◽  
William Osnowitz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Hispanic Americans ◽  
Test Validity ◽  
Receptive Vocabulary ◽  
Auditory Information ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Quick Test ◽  
Wide Range

After selection using a random number table, from volunteer referrals, 89 Youth (61 boys, 28 girls; 48 African Americans, 2 Asian Americans, 27 Euro-Americans, 12 Hispanic Americans), and 147 Adults (107 men, 40 women; 11 African Americans, 6 Asian Americans, 124 Euro-Americans, 6 Hispanic Americans) were administered the Amnions Quick Test (QT). Means, confidence intervals, standard deviations, and Pearson product-moment correlations among tests were computed. The Amnions QT was moderately to strongly and significantly correlated statistically with: the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-3b (PPVT-3b); the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-2 Parent/Teacher Form; the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-4) or the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-4); and the Wide Range Achievement Test-Fourth Edition (WRAT-4) Blue and Green Forms. After 51 years, the original norms for the Amnions QT remain valid measures of receptive vocabulary, verbal intelligence, and auditory information processing useful to clinicians.

scholarly journals A-123 Effects of Ethnicity, Educational Attainment, and Severity of Traumatic Brain Injury on Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) Index Scores

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 916-916
Author(s):  
Ryan J ◽  
Kreiner D ◽  
Myers-Fabian A ◽  
Gontkovsky S
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Injury Severity ◽  
Hispanic Americans ◽  
Fourth Edition ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence

Abstract Objective This study utilized a culturally diverse sample with traumatic brain injury (TBI) to examine effects of ethnicity on the Verbal Comprehension (VCI), Perceptual Reasoning (PRI), Working Memory (WMI), and Processing Speed (PSI) indices of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition while controlling for education and injury severity. Hypotheses were that education and ethnicity would significantly influence all indices, the latter to a lesser extent, and injury severity would most strongly affect PSI scores. Method Participants were 43 trauma center admissions with documented head injury. Mean age and education were 32.16 and 13.88 years, respectively. There were 14 Euro-, 17 Hispanic-, and 12 African-Americans. Results ANCOVAs revealed significant effects for education across indices. Significant effects were found for ethnicity on the VCI and PRI and injury severity on the PSI. Post hoc comparisons indicated Euro- and Hispanic-Americans did not differ on VCI but performed significantly higher than African-Americans. Euro-Americans performed significantly better than African-Americans on the PRI, but comparable performance emerged between Euro- and Hispanic-Americans and between African- and Hispanic-Americans. Groups did not differ on the WMI or PSI. Conclusions Education and ethnicity accounted for most of the variance in VCI and PRI. Analysis of the WMI revealed education produced a significant effect, but ethnicity and injury severity did not. On the PSI, education and injury severity had significant effects. PSI was the only composite to which injury severity made a statistically significant contribution. Despite the small sample size, findings have important implications in the intellectual assessment of individuals with TBI.

Voting Rights, Election Administration, and Turnout for Racial Minorities

2020 ◽  
pp. 91-110
Author(s):  
Michael Ritter
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Hispanic Americans ◽  
Election Administration ◽  
Midterm Elections ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Racial Ethnic ◽  
Over Time

Race and ethnicity group identity also shape participation in politics, with non-Hispanics whites being the most likely to vote in U.S. elections over time. Can accessible elections shrink turnout inequality between non-Hispanic whites and racial/ethnic minorities (African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans)? Chapter 6 empirically evaluates the impact of convenience voting laws and election administration on the change in the probably of voting in midterm and presidential elections comparing across racial subgroups. The results show that same day registration boosts turnout among non-Hispanics whites, as well as Asian Americans, Hispanics, and African Americans, in presidential and midterm elections. Early in-person voting especially advantages blacks and Hispanics in midterm elections, while absentee/mail voting is found to have similar effects for Asian Americans. Both non-Hispanic whites and racial and ethnic minorities benefit from quality state election administration.

Correlations between the Quick Test and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 309-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary S. Traub ◽  
Jean Spruill
Keyword(s):  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Quick Test ◽  
Adult Intelligence ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence ◽  
Screening Device

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised and the Quick Test were administered to 103 adults. Despite relative inexperience of examiners, a Pearson correlation of .64 between scores was obtained. The Quick Test tended to underestimate superior WAIS-R IQs but did an excellent job in predicting average IQs. The Quick Test is a valid screening device.

Quick Test and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised in a Prison's Clinical Setting

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 939-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford M. De Cato ◽  
Stephen D. Husband
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Setting ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Quick Test ◽  
Verbal Scale ◽  
Male Patients ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence

The Quick Test and the WAIS-R were administered to 20 male patients (12 black, 8 white) in an urban prison's psychiatric hospital. The mean chronological age of the sample was 29 yr. Strong positive correlations ranged from .64 to .90 between the Quick Test IQs and the WAIS-R Verbal Scale IQs and Full Scale IQs, with a modest relationship to Performance IQs. These findings suggest that the Quick Test provides a reasonable estimate of conventional verbal intelligence for a population in an urban prison's clinical setting.

scholarly journals Using Prediction-Models to Reduce Persistent Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Draft 2020 USPSTF Lung-Cancer Screening Guidelines

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Landy ◽  
Corey D Young ◽  
Martin Skarzynski ◽  
Li C Cheung ◽  
Christine D Berg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Prediction Models ◽  
Hispanic Americans ◽  
Ethnic Disparities ◽  
Lung Cancer Screening ◽  
Life Years ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Abstract We examined whether draft 2020 United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lung-cancer screening recommendations “partially ameliorate racial disparities in screening eligibility” compared to 2013 guidelines, as claimed. Using data from the 2015 National Health Interview Survey, USPSTF-2020 increased eligibility by similar proportions for minorities (97.1%) and Whites (78.3%). Contrary to the intent of USPSTF-2020, the relative disparity (differences in percentages of model-estimated gainable life-years from National Lung Screening Trial-like screening by eligible Whites vs minorities) actually increased from USPSTF-2013 to USPSTF-2020 (African Americans: 48.3%–33.4%=15.0% to 64.5%–48.5%=16.0%; Asian Americans: 48.3%–35.6%=12.7% to 64.5%–45.2%=19.3%; Hispanic Americans: 48.3%–24.8%=23.5% to 64.5%–37.0%=27.5%). However, augmenting USPSTF-2020 with high-benefit individuals selected by the Life-Years From Screening with Computed Tomography (LYFS-CT) model nearly eliminated disparities for African Americans (76.8%–75.5%=1.2%), and improved screening efficiency for Asian/Hispanic Americans, although disparities were reduced only slightly (Hispanic Americans) or unchanged (Asian Americans). Draft USPSTF-2020 guidelines increased the number of eligible minorities versus USPSTF-2013 but may inadvertently increase racial/ethnic disparities. LYFS-CT could reduce disparities in screening eligibility by identifying ineligible people with high predicted benefit, regardless of race/ethnicity.

scholarly journals Do Depressive Traits and Hostility Predict Age-Related Decline in General Intelligence?

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Lykke Mortensen ◽  
John Calvin Barefoot ◽  
Kirsten Avlund
Keyword(s):  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
General Intelligence ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Rate Of Decline ◽  
Demographic Background ◽  
Age Related Cognitive Decline

Certain personality traits are likely to be associated with stress and distress through the lifespan, and as a consequence these traits may influence the rate of age-related cognitive decline. The present study uses data from the Glostrup 1914 cohort to analyze potential effects of personality on decline in general intelligence over a 30-year period. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory was administered at a 50-year baseline exam, and from this inventory the Obvious Depression Scale and an abbreviated version of the Cook-Medley Hostility Scale were derived. At the 50-year baseline and at the 60-, 70-, and 80-year followups the full version of Wechsler's Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) was administered to 673, 513, 136, and 184 participants. Mixed effects statistical models were used to evaluate both the effect of the personality scores on level of intelligence and the interaction between the personality scores and the time since followup. Analyses were adjusted for demographic background and a wide range of lifestyle factors. Both obvious depression and hostility were negatively associated with level of intelligence, but personality scores did not influence rate of decline in general intelligence.

Quick Test Validation: Scores of Adults in a Welfare Setting

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 537-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Joesting ◽  
Robert Joesting
Keyword(s):  
Full Scale ◽  
Test Validation ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Quick Test ◽  
Adult Intelligence ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence

The Full Scale Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and Quick Test (QT) Form 1 were administered to 45 Ss; their ages ranged from 16 to 56 yr. ( Mago = 17.81 yr.). The Full Scale WAIS MIQ was 68.24 ( SD = 21.55) and the MIQ on Form 1 of the QT was 58.84 ( SD = 22.14), which became 73.84 when corrected. QT IQs and raw scores yielded substantive and significant ( p = .001) correlations with all WAIS raw and scaled scores.

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