The WAIS-SAM: a comprehensive administrative model of modified WAIS procedures

The WAIS-SAM (Ste. Anne's Method) is a procedure designed to reduce standard WAIS administration time and is applicable in virtually all cases. In order to evaluate the usefulness of the WAIS-SAM, the WAIS records of 80 male hospitalized war veterans (aged 55 to 82) were rescored in accordance with the WAIS-SAM procedure. Results were evaluated by Resnick and Entin's (1971) three validation criteria. Correlation between the WAIS-SAM and standard WAIS FSIQ was significantly high (.997) and satisfied the first criterion. A high degree of agreement between WAIS-SAM and WAIS (95%) in the classification of subjects into IQ categories satisfied the third criterion. The second criterion, however, was not met due to meager, though significant, mean differences. Despite this, it was concluded that the overall clinical value of the WAIS-SAM was demonstrated.