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Wechsler adult intelligence scale (assessment scale)

Known as: wechsler adult intelligence test, WAIS, Wechsler adult intelligence scale 
A 60 question test designed to measure intelligence in adults and older adolescents.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) Processing Speed Scores as Measures of Noncredible Responding: The Third Generation of Embedded Performance Validity Indicators
Research suggests that select processing speed measures can also serve as embedded validity indicators (EVIs). The present study… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Bifactor Modeling and the Estimation of Model-Based Reliability in the WAIS-IV
Previous confirmatory factor analytic research that has examined the factor structure of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Validity of the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence and Other Very Short Forms of Estimating Intellectual Functioning
Performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—III (WAIS-III) was compared to performance on the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Sensitivity and specificity of WAIS–III/WMS–III demographically corrected factor scores in neuropsychological assessment
This study explored the neurodiagnostic utility of 6 factor scores identified by recent exploratory and confirmatory factor… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Sex, race, residence, region, and education differences on the 11 WAIS-R subtests.
The relationship of test performance on the 11 WAIS-R subtests to five background variables was examined by MANOVAs and… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Human brain glucose utilization and cognitive function in relation to age
Brain oxidative metabolism was examined with positron emission tomography and {18F}2‐deoxy‐D‐glucose in 40 healthy men aged 21 to… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Memory failures in progressive idiopathic dementia.
Fourteen patients with progressive idiopathic dementia (PID) were compared with 14 normal controls on psychometric and laboratory… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Brain atrophy and intellectual impairment in heavy drinkers--a clinical, psychometric and computerized tomography study.
The frequency of cerebral and cerebellar atrophy was assessed by computerized tomography (CT) in 26 heavy drinkers. Findings were… 
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
An abbreviation of the WAIS for clinical use.
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
Analysis of the WAIS subtests in relation to age and education.
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