BY DAVID WECHSLER

INTRODUCTION
The WAIS-R extends the line of test development that

begin with the publication of form 1 of the wechsler Bellevue intelligence scale in 1939, and continued with it revision, the WAIS published in 1955. WHAT INTELLIGENCE TEST MEASURES?
They are design to measure major mental abilities. Intelligence is the aggregate or global capacity of the

individual to act purposefully, to think rationally and to deal effectively with his environment (Wechsler, 1944, p. 3).

VERBAL SCALE

Total

1995 WAIS
20 14

Sustainably modified
0 0

New

Information Digit span

29 14

9 0

Vocabulary

35

33

Arithmetic Comprehension similarities

14 16 14

12 12 10

1 0 1

1 4 3

PERFORMANCE SCALE

Picture completion Picture arrangement Block design

20 10 9

14 6 9

1 0 0

5 4 0

Object assembly Digit symbol

4 93

4 90

0 0

0 3

STANDEREDIZATION OF SCALE
A stratified sampling plan was adopted to insure that

representative proportions of various classes of adult would be included in the standardization sample. Age Sex Race Geographic Rigion Occupation Education Urban/Rural Residence

DERIVATION OF SCORES
Development of scoring rules. Rules for starting and discontinuing tests. Bonus for fast performance.

CONTRUCTION OF IQ TABLE
Age group 16-17 18-19 N Verbal scale MEAN 200 200 50.72 51.72 SD 12.52 12.66 Performance scale MEAN 47.37 46.92 SD 9.49 10.09 Full scale MEAN 98.10 98.65 SD 20.47 20.99

20-24
25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-69 70-74

200
300 250 250 160 160 160

58.62
61.42 57.47 58.12 55.59 53.54 51.50

13.61
15.26 15.56 14.89 14.68 15.78 14.28

51.14
49.89 45.26 42.09 38.19 33.81 30.62

10.27
11.63 11.97 11.34 10.80 10.59 8.40

109.76
111.31 102.74 100.22 93.78 87.35 82.12

22.09
25.27 26.12 24.66 24.05 24.81 20.85

INTERPERTATION OF IQ
Quantitative interpretation: The verbal, performance, and full scale IQ distribution were constructed to have means of 100 and SD of 15 within each of 9 age group.
Classification of intelligence: In using qualitative and diagnostic categories to describe levels of intelligence it is desirable to assign numerical limits to each category.

Properties of scale
Reliability : The reliability of a test refers to the accuracy of its measurements or put another way to the extent of agreement between score obtained from two or more administrations of the tests to the same subject. Two types of data are offered

Reliability coefficients Slandered error of measurements

Properties of scale
Validity :
The initial evidence of the validity of the Wechsler Adult

scales stems from the procedures used to determine the content of the original W-B scale.

General directions for administration

Timing the items
Probing of responses

General directions for scoring

If a response is intended to replace an earlier response,

the earlier response should be ignored and the later one scored. Any spoiled response is scored 0 If two independent answers are given to a question, the examiner must ask which answer is intended If a subject gives two or more answers to a questions, non of which spoils the response, the best answer of the group should be scored