CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS OF MICROCOG: ASSESSMENT OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING WITH THE WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE-IE FOR A CLINICAL SAMPLE OF VETERANS

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (8) ◽  
pp. 1261 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. AMANDA JOHNSON
1987 ◽  
Vol 64 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1199-1202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven N. Broder ◽  
Robert J. Oresick

Comparisons of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—Revised (WAIS—R) indicate that the two tests are highly similar but not identical. The present study examined the p-values of the WAIS—R Picture Arrangement items for a sample of 123 adults referred for psychological assessment. The current order of the Picture Arrangement items (especially the FLIRT item) does not conform to the expectation of increasing difficulty of subtest items. Implications for diagnosis are discussed.


1996 ◽  
Vol 82 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1099-1103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas H. Powell ◽  
Mark D. Hiatt

Increasingly, clinicians obtain data from tests across modalities. Little actual information, however, exists as to normal patterns. An example is auditory and visual recall of digit span. The effects of modality on recall of digit span, sequence, and order were examined with 80 subjects ( M age 24.3 yr.). Subjects were given the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, and a research version of MicroCog: Assessment of Cognitive Functioning. Both contain forward and backward digit spans. Recall for visual presentation was significantly stronger than for auditory presentation of backward digit span. Recall for visual backward digit span was also superior to auditory backward digit span when the sequence of presentation was controlled. The mean number of digits recalled was higher when visual digit span was preceded by auditory digit span.


2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1261-1266 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Amanda Johnson ◽  
Ames O. Rust

With rapid advances in technology and an emphasis in efficiency in psychological testing, there is a need to investigate the relation between a computerized cognitive examination and a traditional individually administered intelligence test. The current study provided correlations of intelligence scores from MicroCog: Assessment of Cognitive Functioning and intelligence scores from WAIS–III. MicroCog is a single computerized test measuring intelligence and the WAIS–III is a single traditionally administered test measuring intelligence. The study included 30 participants referred for psychological testing at a Veterans Medical Center in Tennessee as part of the standard intake process. Half of the participants were administered MicroCog first and half the WAIS–III first. Analysis indicated scores on the two tests were positively correlated. Index scores measuring similar constructs also were positively correlated. However, MicroCog was significantly more difficult than the WAIS–III in that scores were, on average, lower on MicroCog.


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