Which of the Following Is an Important Feature of the WISC-IV

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an important feature of the WISC-IV?

• A) Unlike the WAIS-IV,it has retained the performance and verbal IQs rather than the four indexes.
• B) It includes non-scored teaching items that reduce errors from the child's lack of understanding.
• C) Most reliability and validity studies have been done with clinical populations and the WISC-IV reliability and validity have not been established for children of average and above average intelligence.
• D) The WISC-IV retained only three subtests from the WISC-III and added twelve new ones.

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