Most Frequent Errors Made by Psychology Students in the Administration and Scoring of the WISC-III

• Autores: Luciana de Ávila Quevedo, Vera Lúcia Maria Marques
• Localización: Revista interamericana de psicología = Interamerican journal of psychology, ISSN 0034-9690, Vol. 45, Nº. 2, 2011, págs. 235-241
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Los errores más frecuentes de los estudiantes de psicología en la administración e interpretacion del WISC-III
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  • español

    El propósito de este estudio ha sido identificar los errores más comunes cometidos por los examinadores durante la administración y calificacion del WISC-III. Quinientos protocolos de investigaciones anteriores se analizaron. Los resultados mostraron un promedio de 5.11 errores por protocolo, mientras que el mayor porcentaje de errores fureon cometidos durante la calficacion. Durante la administración, el error más común fue la falta de respuestas a las consultas. En cuanto a subtests, el mayor número de errores de la administración y calificación se observó en el vocabulario (29,19%), comprensión (25,9%) y similitudes (17,78%), lo que corrobora los hallazgos literarios, que sugieren estos como los más subtests de total.

  • English

    The purpose of this study has been to identify the most common errors made by examiners during administration and scoring of the WISC-III. Five hundred test protocols from previous researches were analyzed. The results showed an average of 5.11 errors per protocols, while the larger percentage of errors has been verified in the scoring. During administration, the most common error was Failure to Query responses. Regarding subtests, the largest number of errors of administration and scoring was observed in Vocabulary (29.19%), Comprehension (25.9%) and Similarities (17.78%), thus corroborating literary findings, which suggest out these as the hardest subtests to score.

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