Reply to Sanchez Escobedo and Hollingworth: Why the Mexican Norms for the WAIS-III continue to be inadequate.
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چکیده
The discussion in Drs. Sanchez Escobedo and Hollingworth's paper independently confirms virtually all our observations regarding the psychometric and interpretive deficiencies of the Mexican norms for very high-stakes decisions, such as that involved in an Atkins hearing. Test publishers have an ethical obligation to caution potential users against the premature use of a developing assessment that does not yet meet the needed precision and evidence of validity required for very high-stakes decisions.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Applied neuropsychology
دوره 16 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009