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Validation of a Learning Disability Index (LDI) Derived from a Principal Components Analysis of the WISC-R

J. S. Lawson

James Inglis

Queen's University

A learning disability index based on a principal components analysis of the WISC-R normative data has been developed to depict verbal or non-verbal deficits on that test. This index was calculated for the individual test performance of a total of 1550 children referred to a school board psychology service because of education difficulties. These children, subdivided by sex, and categorized as learning disabled or mentally retarded, returned mean scores on this index that were reliably different from the expected scores of the normative population; this difference revealed a verbal deficit in the test performance of the referred children. Reliable sex differences on this index appear in both the normal and abnormal groups.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 18, No. 8, 449-454 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/002221948501800802


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