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WAIS-III Percentile Scores by Education and Sex for U.S. and Canadian Populations

R. Stewart Longman

Calgary Health Region, Stewart.Longman{at}calgaryhealthregion.ca.

Donald H. Saklofske

University of Calgary

Tak S. Fung

University of Calgary

Tables are presented for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—Third Edition (WAIS-III) IQ and index scores by education level for both the U.S. and Canadian normative samples. This allows clinicians to provide more accurate identification of relative strengths or weaknesses, compared to expectations from an individual's background, rather than the general population. Because sex di ferences are notable on the Processing Speed Index, data for this measure are presented separately. The similarities and di ferences between the two national samples are noted, with particular reference to the relatively weaker demographic e fects found in the Canadian sample.

Key Words: WAIS-III • demographic effects • sex effects • intelligence

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Assessment, Vol. 14, No. 4, 426-432 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1073191107304114
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