A selection of short forms of the wais for use with a low ses psychiatric population

Offered data on a variety of five‐subtest WAIS short forms from which the clinician may select. All short forms were derived and cross‐validated with a low socioeconomic status sample (N = 80). Data were reported on correlation of predicted and actual scores and on absolute accuracy of prediction. No significant difference in prediction was found across race/gender subgroups or between weighted and prorated predictions. WAIS data were used despite the introduction of the WAIS‐R because of the long lag time before sufficient WAIS‐R protocols would be available and because the interrelationships of subtests on the WAIS and WAIS‐R are highly similar.