To help clarify the nature of associations between the Bender-Gestalt and Wechsler scores, the test records of 71 children were examined. Inter-correlations (–.22 to –.43) showed significant relationships between the two tests in all instances but one. Age appeared to have a significant effect on the Pascal and Suttell scoring of the Bender but sex differences were negligible.
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