Biomedical subjects

R W Hiltonsmith

Publications and source records attributed to R W Hiltonsmith.

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PubMed1984

Predicting WAIS-R scores from the Revised Beta for low functioning minority group offenders.

Investigated the use of the Revised Beta for predicting WAIS-R scores of low functioning minority group criminal offenders. Ninety black and Hispanic offenders who scored below 80 on the Beta were administered the WAIS-R. For the entire group, mean scores on the two measures were correlated only moderately and were not interchangeable. Offenders scored significantly lower on the Beta than on the WAIS-R. Subgroup analyses of blacks (N = 67) and Hispanics (N = 23) revealed that the Beta scores for the Hispanic offenders were not related significantly to either their WAIS-R Verbal or Full Scale scores.

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PubMed1982

Beta-WAIS comparisons with low functioning minority group offenders: a cautionary note.

Investigated the utility of the Revised Beta as a screening device for low-functioning minority-group criminal offenders. Forty-seven black and Hispanic offenders who scored below 85 on the Beta were administered the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS). Mean scores for this sample were correlated only mildly. Furthermore, the means were not comparable; these offenders scored lower on the Beta than on the WAIS. This finding contradicts prior research and creates the need for caution in using the Beta as a screening device with this population.

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