Ammons Quick Test Validity among Randomly Selected Referrals

• Published in: Psychological reports Vol. 113; no. 3; pp. 823 - 854
• Main Authors: Zagar, Robert John, Kovach, Joseph W., Busch, Kenneth G., Zablocki, Michael D., Osnowitz, William, Neuhengen, Jonas, Liu, Yutong, Zagar, Agata Karolina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neuropsychological Tests - standards; Random Allocation; Reproducibility of Results; Young Adult
• ISSN: 0033-2941; 1558-691X
• DOI: 10.2466/03.04.PR0.113x29z0

After selection using a random number table, from volunteer referrals, 89 Youth (61 boys, 28 girls; 48 African Americans, 2 Asian Americans, 27 Euro-Americans, 12 Hispanic Americans), and 147 Adults (107 men, 40 women; 11 African Americans, 6 Asian Americans, 124 Euro-Americans, 6 Hispanic Americans) were administered the Amnions Quick Test (QT). Means, confidence intervals, standard deviations, and Pearson product-moment correlations among tests were computed. The Amnions QT was moderately to strongly and significantly correlated statistically with: the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-3b (PPVT-3b); the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-2 Parent/Teacher Form; the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-4) or the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-4); and the Wide Range Achievement Test-Fourth Edition (WRAT-4) Blue and Green Forms. After 51 years, the original norms for the Amnions QT remain valid measures of receptive vocabulary, verbal intelligence, and auditory information processing useful to clinicians.