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What does WAIS-R stand for?

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised


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75 between K-BIT Composite IQ scores and full-scale IQ scores on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R; Weschler, 1981).
Tests of executive function included the Controlled Oral Word Association Test, the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, and the similarities, digit span, and arithmetic subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised.
Neuropsychological tests, consisting of Wechsler adult intelligence scale-revised (WAIS-R), Trail making test (TMT), Paced auditory serial addition task (PASAT), and Miyake paired verbal association learning test (Miyake Memory test), were performed in DAI patients.
The Information and Vocabulary subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) were used as an estimate of participants' intellectual functioning.
Outcomes were measured using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, which showed statistical improvement at p = 0.
Cirino, Morris, and Morris (2002) further explored Geary's theory on a sample of college students using a comprehensive battery of assessment instruments, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised and Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement-Revised, along with a variety of other neuropsychological instruments.
The basic format of the WAIS-III is very similar to its predecessor, the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, and the previous Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
a) failed to account adequately for the chance significant findings that occur when many statistical analyses are conducted simultaneously; b) used an outdated measure of memory when a much-improved test was available at the time of testing; c) failed to consider the implications of the experimental interdependency of two key variables that were significantly related to PCBs; and d) controlled IQ (intelligence quotient) only with the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) vocabulary subtest.

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