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ALAN
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Vincent’s
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for
Children
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Revised (WISC-R)
will
continue
the popularity
of
its predecessor. Hence,
it
is important
for
numerous studies to
be conducted to determine the effects
of
the revision and restandardization
of
the
WISC on the intellectual assessment
of
mentally retarded individuals, with parti-
cular concern
for
the continuity
of
measurement between the old and new batteries.
The aims
of
the present study are consistent with these research needs: (a) to
cor-
Requests
for
reprints should be sent
to
Alan
S.
Kaufman, Dept. of Educational Psychology,
The University
of
Georgia, Atha, GA
30602.