by Sonia Suk Yi Chang. / Thesis (M.S.S.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-66). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iv / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.viii / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.ix / STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY --- p.x / Chapter CHAPTER I - --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER II - --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.4 / Development of Psychological Tests --- p.4 / The Vocabulary subtest --- p.10 / Wechsler Scales in Hong Kong --- p.15 / The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised for China (WAIS-RC) --- p.21 / Chapter CHAPTER III - --- METHOD AND DESIGN --- p.27 / Study one: Developing the local Vocabulary subtest --- p.29 / Study two: Testing the difference between oral and written administration of the test --- p.31 / Study three: Correlation study and validity study of the re-arranged vocabulary subtest --- p.33 / Chapter CHAPTER IV - --- RESULTS --- p.36 / Study one --- p.36 / Study two --- p.41 / Study three --- p.44 / Chapter CHAPTER V - --- DISCUSSION --- p.55 / Development of the vocabulary subtest --- p.55 / Correlation study of the re-arranged vocabulary subtest --- p.57 / Limitation of the study --- p.58 / Implication for future work --- p.60 / Conclusion --- p.61 / REFERENCES --- p.62 / APPENDICES --- p.67