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Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence
The WASI meets the demand for a reliable, brief measure of intellectual ability in clinical, educational and research settings for ages 6 to 89 years. With parallel forms of WAIS-IIIUK and WISC-IIIUK subtests, it offers the clinician a means of reducing practice effects on repeat testing. It yields traditional verbal, performance and full scale IQ scores and is linked to the WISC-IIIUK and WAIS-IIIUK. The WASI allows you to choose whether to use the four or two subtest format.

Definition contributed by CTorgerson about eight months ago.


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cognitive development
  • participant IQ minus average IQ
 

fluid intelligence
  • Matrix Reasoning
 

crystallized intelligence
  • Block Design
 

logical reasoning
  • Matrix Reasoning
 

semantic knowledge
  • Similarities
 

verbal fluency
  • Vocabulary
 

spatial ability
  • Block Design
 


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Definition contributed by NNichols about two years ago:

The WASI meets the demand for a reliable, brief measure of intellectual ability in clinical, educational and research settings for ages 6 to 89 years. With parallel forms of WAIS-IIIUK and WISC-IIIUK subtests, it offers the clinician a means of reducing practice effects on repeat testing. The WASI provides you with more information than is typically available from other brief intelligence tests. This efficient assessment yields traditional verbal, performance and full scale IQ scores and is linked to the WISC-IIIUK and WAIS-IIIUK. This linkage allows you to estimate a range of full-scale IQ scores on the comprehensive batteries and increases the WASI's clinical utility. While the WASI is not intended to replace detailed assessment using the WISC-IIIUK and WAIS-IIIUK, it is the perfect instrument for quickly measuring an individual's general level of cognitive functioning. The WASI is unique because it allows you to choose whether to use the four or two subtest format. This flexibility provides you with control over administration time and depth of assessment.

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Exploratory factor analysis of the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI) in adult standardization and clinical samples.
Ryan JJ, Carruthers CA, Miller LJ, Souheaver GT, Gontkovsky ST, Zehr MD
(Appl Neuropsychol)
2003
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The WASI matrix reasoning subtest: performance in traumatic brain injury, stroke, and dementia.
Ryan JJ, Carruthers CA, Miller LJ, Souheaver GT, Gontkovsky ST, Zehr MD
(Int J Neurosci)
2005 Jan
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