Reliability and Validity of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children­Third Edition (WISC-III) in Iran

The purpose of this study is to adapt, normalize and to determine reliability and validity of W1SC-. At adaptation stage, 835 students were selected through a systematic random sampling from 30 schools, after completion the test, suitable items were chosen according to Iranian culture. Then. at nor...

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Main Authors: Jazayeri Ali Reza, Poorshahbaz Abas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services 2003-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Education
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Online Access:http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/jme/article/view/881
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spelling doaj-b821b29992d347c6bce15c79391225952020-11-24T22:38:23ZengShaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health ServicesJournal of Medical Education1735-39981735-40052003-01-01227580Reliability and Validity of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children­Third Edition (WISC-III) in IranJazayeri Ali Reza0Poorshahbaz Abas 1Clinical Psychologist (PhD),Assistant Professor in Department of Psychology, The Science of Welfare and Rehabilitation University, Evin, Tehran, IranClinical Psychologist {PhD),University teacher in Department of Psychology, The Science of Welfare and Rehabilitation University, Evin, Tehran, IranThe purpose of this study is to adapt, normalize and to determine reliability and validity of W1SC-. At adaptation stage, 835 students were selected through a systematic random sampling from 30 schools, after completion the test, suitable items were chosen according to Iranian culture. Then. at normalizing stage, 2456 boys and girls were selected through a systematic random sampling from 72 educational departments. The results showed that the reliability coefficients is higher than 0.95 and the validity is high the WISC-111 has sufficient and satisfied reliability and validity in Iranian students. Key Words: reliability, validity, and wisc-III http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/jme/article/view/881reliabilityvalidityand wisc-iiiand wisc-III
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author Jazayeri Ali Reza
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Reliability and Validity of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children­Third Edition (WISC-III) in Iran
Journal of Medical Education
reliability
validity
and wisc-iii
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author_facet Jazayeri Ali Reza
Poorshahbaz Abas
author_sort Jazayeri Ali Reza
title Reliability and Validity of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children­Third Edition (WISC-III) in Iran
title_short Reliability and Validity of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children­Third Edition (WISC-III) in Iran
title_full Reliability and Validity of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children­Third Edition (WISC-III) in Iran
title_fullStr Reliability and Validity of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children­Third Edition (WISC-III) in Iran
title_full_unstemmed Reliability and Validity of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children­Third Edition (WISC-III) in Iran
title_sort reliability and validity of wechsler intelligence scale for children­third edition (wisc-iii) in iran
publisher Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services
series Journal of Medical Education
issn 1735-3998
1735-4005
publishDate 2003-01-01
description The purpose of this study is to adapt, normalize and to determine reliability and validity of W1SC-. At adaptation stage, 835 students were selected through a systematic random sampling from 30 schools, after completion the test, suitable items were chosen according to Iranian culture. Then. at normalizing stage, 2456 boys and girls were selected through a systematic random sampling from 72 educational departments. The results showed that the reliability coefficients is higher than 0.95 and the validity is high the WISC-111 has sufficient and satisfied reliability and validity in Iranian students. Key Words: reliability, validity, and wisc-III
topic reliability
validity
and wisc-iii
and wisc-III
url http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/jme/article/view/881
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