Dori Galit A, Chelune Gordon J
Department of Neurology, The Mellen Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Psychol Assess. 2004 Jun;16(2):146-154. doi: 10.1037/1040-3590.16.2.146.
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale--Third Edition (WAIS-III; D. Wechsler, 1997a) and the Wechsler Memory Scale--Third Edition (WMS-III; D. Wechsler, 1997b) are 2 of the most frequently used measures in psychology and neuropsychology. To facilitate the diagnostic use of these measures in the clinical decision-making process, this article provides information on education-stratified, directional prevalence rates (i.e., base rates) of discrepancy scores between the major index scores for the WAIS-III, the WMS-III, and between the WAIS-III and WMS-III. To illustrate how such base-rate data can be clinically used, this article reviews the relative risk (i.e., odds ratio) of empirically defined "rare" cognitive deficits in 2 of the clinical samples presented in the WAIS-III--WMS-III Technical Manual (The Psychological Corporation, 1997).
韦氏成人智力量表第三版（WAIS - III；D. 韦克斯勒，1997a）和韦氏记忆量表第三版（WMS - III；D. 韦克斯勒，1997b）是心理学和神经心理学中最常用的两种测量工具。为便于在临床决策过程中对这些测量工具进行诊断应用，本文提供了关于WAIS - III、WMS - III主要指标分数之间以及WAIS - III与WMS - III之间差异分数的教育分层定向患病率（即基础率）的信息。为说明此类基础率数据如何在临床上使用，本文回顾了WAIS - III - WMS - III技术手册（心理公司，1997）中呈现的两个临床样本中经验性定义的“罕见”认知缺陷的相对风险（即优势比）。
