Feasibility of developing a vocabulary subtest and integrating it into the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) in Hong Kong.

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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

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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

Vocabulary tests

Vocabulary tests--China--Hong Kong

Verbal ability

Verbal ability--China--Hong Kong

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318947
Date	January 1992
Contributors	Chang, Sonia Suk Yi., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Psychology.
Publisher	Chinese University of Hong Kong
Source Sets	The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Language	English, Chinese
Detected Language	English
Type	Text, bibliography
Format	print, x, 81 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
Coverage	China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong
Rights	Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)