You are a school psychologist who administers the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) to all sixth graders before they enter into junior high. You notice that the intelligence scores have a smaller standard deviation than when you administer the WISC to children in your consulting practice. Why?

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Marina Salazar

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25 September, 06:24

You are a school psychologist who administers the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) to all sixth graders before they enter into junior high. You notice that the intelligence scores have a smaller standard deviation than when you administer the WISC to children in your consulting practice. Why?

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Abram Booker · Answer 1

Answer: This means that where your consulting practice is located there is more diversity within the community as compared to the school.

Explanation:

What is standard deviation?

According to Oxford dictionary this is a quantity which expresses how different members of a group are to the mean value.

If there is not much diversity there won't be much standard deviation within the school.