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.

Comparability of WISC and PPVT Scores Among Young Children

1971 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam P. Matheny
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Clinical Applications ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Iq Scores ◽  
Disadvantaged Preschoolers

A group of 78 disadvantaged preschoolers was given the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT). Despite the significant correlations between the WISC and PPVT IQ scores, comparison of the scores for each child showed little agreement on gross classifications of intelligence. In general, the PPVT IQ scores tended to underestimate the Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale IQ scores of the WISC and to overestimate the incidence of mental retardation. It was concluded that testing young children with the PPVT as the measure of intelligence is of dubious value for research and clinical applications.

Comparison of Verbal Intelligence of Young Children from Low and Middle Socioeconomic Status

1971 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 559-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman L. Berg ◽  
Sandra D. Berg
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
Racial Integration ◽  
Low Ses ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Verbal Intelligence ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test ◽  
Middle Socioeconomic Status

The hypothesis that 20 young children from a middle-SES school would score higher in verbal intelligence assessed by the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test than 20 young children from a low-SES school was not supported. Data showed that racial differences existed in the verbal intelligence of these kindergarteners in a school undergoing racial integration. This finding deserves consideration in programs of rapidly integrating schools and neighborhoods.

scholarly journals Relationships among scores on the Stanford-Binet IV, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised, and Columbia Mental Maturity Scale

1987 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Carvajal ◽  
Kathleen Hardy ◽  
Kathy Harmon ◽  
Todd A. Sellers ◽  
Cooper B. Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test ◽  
Mental Maturity

Variability in Test Scores of Forms A and B of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Derived from Sampling a First-Grade Population

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-117
Author(s):  
Marianne Bordogna ◽  
Richard A. Forcucci ◽  
Jerri Carlin
Keyword(s):  
Test Scores ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test ◽  
Similar Performance ◽  
Response Data ◽  
Performance Variability

Previous studies have suggested that young children’s performances on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test vary considerably. These data infer similar performance variability in all populations. To determine the credibility of this semantic variance, Forms A and B of the PPVT were administered to 53 first-grade children in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. The results provided an additional demonstration of the variability between Forms A and B of the PPVT. Response data from previous studies were further analyzed revealing statistically significant differences between means of the group raw scores.

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).

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.

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