Detecting Predictive Bias: The WISC-R vs. Achievement Scores of Mexican-American and Non-Minority Students.

Valdez, R. Stephen; Valdez, Cheryl

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ERIC Number: EJ340096

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Publication Date: 1983

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Detecting Predictive Bias: The WISC-R vs. Achievement Scores of Mexican-American and Non-Minority Students.

Valdez, R. Stephen; Valdez, Cheryl

Learning Disability Quarterly, v6 n4 p440-47 Fall 1983

The predictive relationship between the WISC-R and the PIAT and WRAT scores of 125 Mexican-Americans and 125 non-minority students (K-8) was analyzed using four methods. Conventional methods were found to be insensitive to and inappropriate for the detection of predictive bias. An alternative means of detecting predictive bias is proposed. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Intelligence Tests, Mexican Americans, Minority Groups, Prediction, Statistical Analysis, Test Bias, Testing Problems

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Peabody Individual Achievement Test; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children; Wide Range Achievement Test

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