and Empirical Analysis

To examine the issue of item bias within the context of the revised Wechsfer Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-R), judgments as to perceived item bias were sought. Ind,Ipendent raters nominated 53 WAIS-R items as containing possible bias. White and'non-white college students nominated items as racl.alfy or sexually biased. Whereas 10 items were judged as biased by fhe students, only one indicated differential performance by s'ex and six by race. The implications of the results for test nstrUction are discussed. (Author/CM) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ***f******************************************************************;Sex and Race Bias in the WAIS-R:A Conten