A short form of the WISC was investigated for use with mentally retarded children. WISC records of 70 Ss were rescored using an abbreviated procedure; correlations with the original ranged from .80 on Picture Completion to .90 on Block Design with correlation of .95, .95, and .91 for the Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale respectively.
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