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STANFORD-BINET INTELLIGENCE SCALE

The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test IV is reviewed in this research. The findings of the review are presented in relation to (1) a general introduction to the test, (2) developmental issues associated with the test, (3) structural issues associated with the test, (4) test utility, and (5) an analysis of the test.

The fourth edition of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test, is authored by Robert L. Thorndike, Elizabeth P. Hagen, Jerome M. Stattler, Elizabeth A. Delany, and Thomas F. Hopkins. The instrument is published by the Riverside Publishing Company, Chicago.

The purpose of the test is to measure the cognitive abilities that provide a pattern and the overall level of cognitive development for individuals aged two years through adult. The instrument provides 20 separate scores.

The standardization sample for the instrument was comprised of more than 5,000 subjects aged two through 23 years (Anastasi, 1989, p. 771). The subjects were drawn from the District of Columbia and 47 different states of the United States. The sample was stratified to accurately reflect population patterns in the United States in relation to geographic region, community size, ethnicity, and gender. Socio economically, upper-level individuals were somewhat over represented in the sample, while lower-level individuals were somewhat under represented. The test authors compensated for this disproportionality through the use of differential weighting frequencies in the determination of normative values.

Validity was established for each score provided by the instrument for each one-year age group from two through 17 years inclusive and for the 18-23 years age group (Anastasi, p. 772). These validity coefficients ranged from .95 through .99. Validity was also established for the four cognitive areas measured by the Stanford-Binet, Fourth Edition. These latter validity coefficients ranged from .80 to .97. Generally, validity coefficient "ten...

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