THE STANFORD-BINET INTELLIGENCE SCALE
A. Title:The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (Fourth edition)
B. Auths:Robert L. Thorndike, Elizabeth Hagen, Jerome M. Sattler.
C. Publs:The Riverside Publishing Company
D. Description of Tests and Subtests
The fourth edition of the SBI is a modified version of the 1960 SBI. The new edition utilizes 15 separate tests, each requiring, from the respondent, a somewhat different type of cognitive skill and knowledge.
Some notion of the cognitive and knowledge differences required by the various subtests can be seen through simple inspection of their titles. In this regard, the subtests are: Vocabulary; Bead Memory; Quantitative; Memory For Sentences; Pattern Analysis; Comprehension; Absurdities; Memory For Digits; copying; Memory For Objects; Matrices; Number Series; Paper Folding and Cutting; Verbal Relations: and Equation Building.
Taken together, the fifteen subtests are said to measure four broad areas of cognitive ability. These consist of Verbal Reasoning, Abstract/Visual Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, and Short-Term Memory abilities.
The fourth edition of the SBI differs in several ways from previous editions. It is less verbal, and there is an equal balance of verbal and nonverbal, quantitative, and memory items. Also, the fourth edition assesses patterns and levels of cognitive development instead of providing the IQ as a single overall measure of intelligence. In addition, the revamped standardization sample is well balanced geographically, over the United States; ethnically, in proportion to ethnic groups' representation in the population, and by gender, representing both sexes equally. Further, the corrected norms offer a socioeconomic balance and include handicapped children.
B. Time:It is required that testing time be kept to between 60 and 90 minutes.
The SBI is an individually administered test in which the Vocabulary Test is us...