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Mishra, Shitala P. – 1983
The study investigated cultural bias in the verbal items of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R). Six verbal subtests of the WISC-R were administered to 40 Anglo, 40 Mexican-American, and 40 Navajo intermediate grade students matched for grade level, sex, and socioeconomic status. The responses of three groups of subjects…
Descriptors: Ethnic Bias, Intelligence Tests, Intermediate Grades, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
