Measures cognitive ability
Richard L. Slosson; Revised by Bradley T. Erford, PhD, Sue L. Larson, PhD, and Steven W. Slosson
A Verbal Screening Measure of Cognitive Ability for Children and Adults
The SIT-4 is ideal for those with visual impairment, reading disabilities, or other conditions.
New in this edition
- Includes a color-coded score sheet.
- Features large color stimulus items for visually impaired individuals.
- Measures administration and scoring simultaneously.
- Uses a standard deviation (SD) of 15.
- Newly calibrated normative data.
Features and benefits
- Measures crystallized verbal intelligence verbally, making it ideal for those with visual impairments, reading disabilities, or other conditions.
- Includes six domains:
- General Information (GI): the learning of cultural knowledge, much of which is not explicitly or directly taught.
- Comprehension (CO): the knowledge of social behavior, "common sense," and the ability to interpret sayings and proverbs.
- Quantitative (QN): the ability to do mental calculations, remember essential numbers, and determine the arithmetic process required to calculate correct answers.
- Similarities and Differences (SD): the skill in determining common attributes of two dissimilar things or concepts and some uncommon attributes.
- Vocabulary (VO): the ability to use, understand, and define words orally.
- Auditory Memory (AM): the capability to remember and repeat correctly a random series of digits, both forward and backward, as well as several sentences.
The SIT-4 yields a Total Score, charts category scores, and compares ability to achievement.