This slideshow provides an overview of the composition of the WJ IV Cognitive clusters. It outlines the design principles used to assign tests to the GIA and CHC clusters, and also presents summary statistics as per the primary design principles used in constructing the COG clusters.
11. WISC-IV WAIS-IV WPPSI-III KABC-II SB-5 DAS-II
FS IQ FS IQ FS IQ FCI FS IQ GCA
(n =174) (n =177) (n = 99) (n=50) (n = 50) (n = 49)
WJ IV g-measures
General Intellectual Ability
(GIA)
0.86 0.84 0.72 0.77 0.80 0.83
Brief Intellectual Ability (BIA) 0.83 0.74 0.76 0.79
Gf-Gc Composite 0.83 0.78 0.71 0.82
Note. Correlations in italic represent correlations with a pseudo-WJ IV GIA score computed from 7
WJ IV tests (WJ IV COG does not provide an GIA-Edv cluster)
Select concurrent validity evidence:
Correlations of WJ IV primary COG g-scores
with external measures
Conclusion: The WJ IV GIA, BIA and Gf-Gc composite clusters
demonstrate strong validity evidence as measures of general
intelligence when the criterion are the global composite/total
scores from other major IQ batteries in the field
WJ III GIA other IQ
score correlations
were from .67 to .76
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1
2
GIA
GC
GF
GWM
GS
GA
GLR
GV
VCI
PRI WMI
PSI
2 MDS solution for WJ IV / WISC-IV
composite and g-scores (n=173)
•The WJ IV GIA score is as
good (better?) a measure of
general intelligence (g) as
the WISC-IV FS IQ when
defined by g-loadings and
MDS cognitive complexity
analysis.
• The WJ IV Ga cluster is a
measure of complex
cognitive abilities;
comparable to WJ IV &
WISC-IV Gf/PRI composites.
•The WJ IV measures
cognitive abilities not
represented in the WISC-IV
(Ga, Glr, and possibly Gv).
Measures closer to the center of
the radex of more cognitively
complex
FSIQ
21. Five primary design principles for WJ IV COG GIA
The WJ IV COG GIA cluster tests should:
1. Be the best factor indicators of each CHC broad domain
2. Be the best predictors of achievement from each CHC broad
domain
3. Be the most cognitively complex indicators from each CHC
broad domain
4. Be the best measures of g (general intelligence) from each
CHC broad domain
5. Collectively should have a relatively equal balance of type of
stimulus characteristics (verbal, numeric, figural)
Related
22. The Cognitive tests were evaluated on the basis of four (of
five total) quantifiable COG design criteria
Data augmented by Siskel and Ebert informal rating system
Average CHC factor loadings
Average achievement correlation across domains
Average degree of g-loadings
Average degree of relative cognitive complexity
(Average across ages 6-90+)
33. Learning
Efficiency
Retrieval
Fluency
Meaningful Memory
Associative Memory
Free Recall
Naming Facility
Ideational Fluency
Associational Fluency
Expressional Fluency
Originality
Word Fluency
Figural Fluency
Figural Flexibility
Solution Fluency
Glr
Multiple-Trial and/or
Delayed Recall
Glr differs from acquired
knowledge systems (Gc, Grw,
Gq, Gkn) in that it includes the
processes of memory
Major implied Glr division
made more explicit based on
post-Carroll (1993) research.
Learning efficiency (level trait)
vs retrieval fluency (rate trait)
Glr: The ability to store,
consolidate, and retrieve
information over periods of
time measured in minutes,
hours, days and years.
Speed of Lexical Access
(Adapted from Schneider & McGrew, 2012)
34. Rdg
Mdn
(36 r's)
Math
Mdn.
(20 r's)
WLang
Mdn
(24 r's)
Grand
Mdn
Ach Corr.
Ga
SNDAWR 0.57 0.49 0.55 0.55
PHNPRO 0.54 0.51 0.54 0.54
SEGMNT 0.42 0.38 0.43 0.42
NWDREP 0.35 0.26 0.41 0.35
SNDBLN 0.34 0.35 0.34 0.34
Test g rCC
PHNPRO 0.75 2.09
SNDAWR 0.71 2.01
SEGMNT 0.64 1.16
SNDBLN 0.59 0.82
NWDREP 0.58 0.64
Ga factor loadings
Ga g-loadings and relative cog. complexity
Ga COG test eval. summary
Ga
SEGMNT 0.74
SNDBLN 0.65
PHNPRO 0.62
SNDAWR 0.58
SPLSND 0.51
WRDATK 0.24
NWDREP 0.18
(NWDREP had high
loading
on Gwm)