The Relationship between the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-Bit) and the Wisc-R with Incarcerated Juvenile Delinquents

The K-BIT (Kaufman and Kaufman, 1990) and the WISC-R were administered in counterbalanced order to 40 academically deficient male juvenile delinquents (mean age = 15 years 9 months). The K-BIT IQ Composite and the WISC-R Full Scale scores were positively correlated (r = .64) and the two tests tended...

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Published in:Educational and psychological measurement 1992-12, Vol.52 (4), p.977-982
Main Author: Prewetf, Peter N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Biological and medical sciences
Black Youth
Comparative Testing
Delinquency
Followup Studies
Intelligence Tests
Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test
Low Achievement
Males
Medical sciences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Scores
Screening Tests
Techniques and methods
Test Use
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised)
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Summary:The K-BIT (Kaufman and Kaufman, 1990) and the WISC-R were administered in counterbalanced order to 40 academically deficient male juvenile delinquents (mean age = 15 years 9 months). The K-BIT IQ Composite and the WISC-R Full Scale scores were positively correlated (r = .64) and the two tests tended to yield similar scores when administered concurrently to the same person (difference = .45 points). This nonsignificant difference is in contrast to the approximately 6-point difference found between the K-BIT and WISC-R with normal (Kaufman and Kaufman, 1990) and referred (Prewett, 1992) students. The results provide support for the K-BIT as a screening instrument when the WISC-R is the follow-up or comprehensive measure of intelligence with juvenile delinquents.
ISSN:0013-1644
1552-3888
DOI:10.1177/0013164492052004022