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.