TABLES TO ASSIST IN ANALYSING TEST DATA FOR PSY3010 CASE -  S1,2005

 

(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 55 to 64 Age Group

 

VIQ – PIQ

VCI – POI

VCI – WMI

POI – PSI

VCI – PSI

POI – WMI

WMI – PSI

p=.05

7.90

8.54

9.08

11.53

10.91

9.81

11.93

 

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

 

Difference

Frequency

VIQ – PIQ

21

2.9%

VCI – POI

17

9.1%

VCI – WMI

8

27.9%

POI – PSI

7

31.4%

VCI – PSI

24

5.6%

POI – WMI

-9

24.5%

WMI - PSI

16

13.7%

 

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

 

Difference

Frequency

VIQ – PIQ

12

16.2%

VCI – POI

11

22.7%

VCI – WMI

8

28.7%

POI – PSI

9

29.0%

VCI – PSI

20

11.2%

POI – WMI

-3

43.6%

WMI - PSI

12

22.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 


Differences Between WMS-III Primary Index Scores for Statistical Significance at the .05 Level for the 55 to 64 Age Group

 

AI –

VI

AI – AD

VI – VD

AD – ARD

AD – VD

IM - GM

IM – WM

GM – WM

p=.05

15.0

13.8

18.1

19.7

17.1

12.8

13.8

14.1

 

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

 

Comparison

Test

Difference

 

Frequency

Retest

Difference

 

Frequency

AI – VI

24

7.8%

23

9.5%

AI – AD

3

38.9%

3

38.9%

VI – VD

6

27.6%

0

50.0%

AD – ARD

-10

22.1%

-12

17.8%

AD – VD

27

4.0%

20

11.7%

IM – GM

0

50.0%

-4

30.7%

IM – WM

17

15.5%

12

24.4%

GM – WM

17

14.6%

8

31.1%

 

Comparisons of WAIS-III and WMS-III Composites Using Predicted Difference Method (Based Upon a FSIQ of 106).

 

WMS-III Index

Predicted

Obtained

Difference

p=.05

Frequency

Auditory Immediate

104

108

-4

16.9

N/A

Visual Immediate

102

84

18

16.9

10%

Immediate Memory

103

96

7

17.1

>25%

Auditory Delayed

103

105

-2

13.7

N/A

Visual Delayed

103

78

25

16.1

3%

Aud. Rec. Delayed

103

115

-12

10.9

N/A

General Memory

104

96

8

15.2

25%

Working Memory

104

79

25

12.0

<1%

 

Comparisons of WAIS-III and WMS-III Composites Using Predicted Difference Method (Based Upon a FSIQ of 112).

 

WMS-III Index

Predicted

Obtained

Difference

p=.05

Frequency

Auditory Immediate

107

111

-4

16.9

N/A

Visual Immediate

104

88

16

16.9

10-15%

Immediate Memory

107

100

7

17.1

>25%

Auditory Delayed

107

108

-1

13.7

N/A

Visual Delayed

105

88

17

16.1

10%

Aud. Rec. Delayed

106

120

-14

10.9

N/A

General Memory

107

104

3

15.2

>25%

Working Memory

108

96

12

12.0

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/WMS-III QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTIONS FOR 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