TABLES TO ASSIST IN ANALYSING TEST DATA FOR THIS CASE

S1 2004

 

(All tables have been derived from data published in the WAIS-III/WMS-III Technical Manual published by The Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, 1997 and the Tests Manuals of the WAIS-III, WMS-III, and WTAR)

 

Differences Between WAIS-III IQ Scores and Between Index Scores Required for Statistical Significance at the .05 Level for the 25 to 29 Age Group

 

VIQ – PIQ

VCI – POI

VCI – WMI

POI – PSI

VCI – PSI

POI – WMI

WMI – PSI

p=.05

8.27

9.01

9.67

12.66

12.26

10.17

13.14

 

Differences Between WMS-III Primary Index Scores for Statistical Significance at the .05 Level for the 25 to 29 Age Group

 

AI –

VI

AI – AD

VI – VD

AD – ARD

AD – VD

IM - GM

IM – WM

GM – WM

p=.05

13.8

12.5

17.1

16.9

16.1

11.8

13.5

13.5

 

One-Tailed Frequencies of Differences Between WAIS-III IQ and Index Scores for Individuals with FSIQ of 90 to 109

 

Difference

Frequency

VIQ – PIQ

7

27.3%

VCI – POI

7

29.2%

VCI – WMI

21

4.8%

POI – PSI

28

2.3%

VCI – PSI

35

1.0%

POI – WMI

14

13.7%

WMI - PSI

14

16.3%

 

One-Tailed Frequencies of Differences Between WAIS-III IQ and Index Scores for Individuals with FSIQ of 110 to 119

 

Difference

Frequency

VIQ – PIQ

5

35.4%

VCI – POI

4

40.0%

VCI – WMI

23

3.9%

POI – PSI

30

2.5%

VCI – PSI

34

1.5%

POI – WMI

19

8.8%

WMI - PSI

11

23.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

One-Tailed Frequencies of Differences Between WMS-III Primary Index Scores

Comparison

Difference

Frequency

Difference

Frequency

AI – VI

6

35.5%

2

46.93%

AI – AD

14

3.6%

5

27.0%

VI – VD

13

6.0%

9

16.8%

AD – ARD

-10

22.1%

-6

32.8%

AD – VD

5

39.8%

6

35.6%

IM – GM

12

4.4%

7

17.1%

IM – WM

-2

46.3%

2

46.3%

GM – WM

-14

18.9%

-5

39.1%

 

Comparisons of WAIS-III and WMS-III Composites Using Predicted Difference Method (Based Upon a FSIQ of 108).

 

WMS-III Index

Predicted

Obtained

Difference

p=.05

Frequency

Auditory Immediate

105

94

11

16.6

20%

Visual Immediate

103

88

15

19.1

15%

Immediate Memory

105

89

16

17.7

10-15%

Auditory Delayed

105

80

25

15.6

3%

Visual Delayed

103

75

28

17.2

2%

Aud. Rec. Delayed

104

90

14

15.0

15%

General Memory

105

77

28

16.9

1-2%

Working Memory

105

91

14

  9.1

10%

 

Comparisons of WAIS-III and WMS-III Composites Using Predicted Difference Method (Based Upon a FSIQ of 113).

 

WMS-III Index

Predicted

Obtained

Difference

p=.05

Frequency

Auditory Immediate

108

99

9

16.6

20-25%

Visual Immediate

105

97

8

19.1

>25%

Immediate Memory

107

98

9

17.7

20-25%

Auditory Delayed

107

94

13

15.6

15%

Visual Delayed

105

88

17

17.2

10%

Aud. Rec. Delayed

106

100

6

15.0

>25%

General Memory

108

91

17

16.9

5-10%

Working Memory

109

96

13

  9.1

10-15%

 

 


Differences Between Single Subtest Scaled Scores and Mean Scaled Score at the .05 Level of Statistical Significance and Magnitude of Difference Found in 5% of the Standardisation Sample

 

 

Verbal

Subtests

Performance

Subtests

All

Subtests

Subtest

p<.05

5%

p<.05

5%

p<.05

5%

VO

2.10

3.00

 

 

2.30

3.38

SI

2.77

3.29

 

 

3.12

3.69

AR

2.63

3.57

 

 

2.95

3.85

DS

2.40

4.43

 

 

2.67

4.62

IN

2.34

3.29

 

 

2.59

3.69

CO

2.96

3.57

 

 

3.35

3.58

LNS

3.16

4.29

 

 

3.60

4.38

PC

 

 

3.16

3.86

3.46

4.31

CD

 

 

3.04

4.29

3.31

4.46

BD

 

 

2.94

3.71

3.19

3.92

MR

 

 

2.60

3.71

2.75

3.85

PA

 

 

3.75

4.14

4.19

4.46

SS

 

 

3.54

3.86

3.93

4.23

 

Classification of Ability Levels

 

 

 

WAIS

%age

Lower

Classification

Kramer (1990)

Z-Score

Subtest

included

limit %ile

Very Superior

Significantly above average

+2.0 and above

16 to 19

2.2

98

Superior

Above average

+1.3 to +2.0

14 to 15

6.7

91

High Average

High average

+0.6 to +1.3

12 to 13

16.1

75

Average

Average

-0.6 to +0.6

8 to 11

50.0

25

Low Average

Low average

-1.3 to -0.6

6 to 7

16.1

9

Borderline

Below average

-2.0 to -1.3

4 to 5

6.7

2

Defective

Significantly below average

-2.0 and below

1 to 3

2.2

-

 

 
WAIS-III QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTIONS FOR IQ SCORE RANGES

 

                        IQ Score                                  Classification               

                        130 and above                         Very Superior

                        120-129                                   Superior

                        110-119                                   High Average

                        90-109                                     Average

                        80-89                                       Low Average

                        70-79                                       Below Average

                        69 and below                           Extremely Low