Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale - IV
This paper will review the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale - IV. Content, administration and scoring, practical utility, and statistical properties will be presented. In addition, the test will be compared to a similar measure and implications regarding ethnically and linguistically diverse populations will be discussed.
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale - IV
The Stanford-Binet test, originally developed in 1910, was the first measure of human intelligence that was widely administered. The test was predominantly verbal and scaled in an order of difficulty. The Stanford-Binet is a revised version of the Binet tests, which was a product of many years of work by Terman and associates. An IQ score was revealed that was compared with a representative group of individuals of the same age, with the average IQ set being 100. The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale is designed to test ages 2 years through adulthood. The test was standardized in 1916 and again in 1937, 1960, and 1972. Standardized scoring includes a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 16. Subtests have a mean score of 50 and a standard deviation of 8. Interpretation of results are as follows: Borderline mental retardation (70-79); mild mental retardation (65-69); moderate mental retardation (40-54); severe mental retardation (30-39); and profound mental retardation (<30) (Satler, 1982; Terman & Merrill, 1973).
The Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale - IV Edition, has been revised and provides multiple IQ scores which are called S.A.S.'s, instead of yielding a single I.Q. score. The test now consists of 15 separate subtests yielding scores in four areas of cognitive ability: (1) Verbal Reasoning; (2) Abstract/Visual Reasoning; (3) Quantitative Reasoning; and (4) Short-Term Memory. It measures verbal and nonverbal areas of development and provides a quantitative score which measures a child's mathematical reasoni...