Assessment with the WAIS-IV

Assessment with the WAIS–IV is an in-depth resource designed as a teaching text and a reference for students and professionals using the WAIS-IV in their practice.

Features of Assessment with the WAIS-IV

• General guidelines for administering tests

• A discussion of the psychometric properties of the WAIS–IV

• An in-depth presentation of each WAIS–IV subtest including rationale, factor analytic findings, reliability and correlational highlights, administrative guidelines, and interpretive suggestions

• The reliability, validity, and estimated Full Scale IQs associated with over short-form combinations

• Guidelines for interpreting the four individual WAIS–IV scales plus the Full Scale

• Comparison tables of the General Ability Index (GAI) with the Cognitive Proficiency Index (CPI)

• Forms for administering Coding—Incidental Learning and Coding—Copy

• A form for recording psychological and physical difficulties observed during test administration and a parallel table explaining each psychological and physical difficulty that appears on the form

• Instructions for administering the subtests on the Perceptual Reasoning Scale (except for Figure Weights) and the Processing Speed Scale in pantomime to individuals with a hearing impairment

• Guidelines for using an interpreter

• A chapter covering aging and cognitive ability, including a description of the major forms of dementia

• Appendixes with confidence intervals, guidelines for interpreting WAIS–IV subtests and scales, relevant Cattell-Horn-Carroll abilities associated with each subtest and scale

Plus much more.