The WAIS was administered to 30 bilingual Philippine and 30 American Ss. Each national group consisted of 15 males and 15 females. The average person tested had more than 17 yr. of education. 14 2 × 2 analyses of variance for national origin and sex were performed on the 11 subtest scores and 3 IQ measures. The American group scored higher than the Philippine group on all variables except DS and significantly higher on 9 of the 14. However, both groups scored significantly higher on Verbal than on Performance IQ. The main effect for sex was significant for only one variable. The findings were discussed in relation to the literature on cross-cultural studies of adult intelligence.
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