Discriminative Value of the Sub-Tests of the Bellevue Verbal Scale in the Examination of Naval Recruits

The use of the Wechsler-Bellevue Scales: a supplement.

“…The Wechsler-Bellevue Scale has been used extensively in the Armed Services (4,7,8,10,11,12,13,14). In fact, as Hunt et al say in reference to the detection of feeblemindedness it "... has been adopted as the standard test for such use in the Navy" (8, p. 478).…”

Intertest variability of subnormal naval recruits on the Bellevue Verbal Scale.

“…1 The mean weighted scores and standard deviations of the mentally deficient group and borderline defective group on each subtest are presented in Table i and Table 2 respectively. The differences between the scores of these two groups on the various subtests have previously been shown to be statistically significant (4). For the mentally deficient group, the mean weighted score on all tests was 2.98, while that of the borderline defective group was 4.88.…”

Research with the Wechsler-Bellevue test: 1945-1950.

“…The internal validation criterion (subtest vs. whole test) has proved a ready means of attack on these problems. Investigations utilizing this method (38,67,89,104) might serve as the models for validity studies of the W-B applied to other special samples.…”