Abstract
This study examined the accuracy of Ward's (1990) seven-subtest short form for predicting WAIS-R IQs of 54 African Americans with brain damage. Means for age, education, and FSIQ were 47.1 years (SD=16.6), 10.8years (SD=2.4), and 79.3 (SD = 11.6). Short-form VIQs, PIQs, and FSIQs were within ±1 standard error of measurement of the actual WAIS-R scores 81.5%, 83.3%, and 83.3% of the time. This ab- breviation may be applied to African Americans with brain damage when general estimates of intellectual functioning are required. However, the shortened scale detected reliable VIQ-PIQ discrepancies on the WAIS-R only 53% of the time. Therefore, interpretation of significant short-form-based VIQ-PIQ discrepancies should be avoided.