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Authors of this chapter describe the basic characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses of the new version of the Leiter International Performance Scale (Leiter-3: Roid, Miller, Pomplun, & Koch 2013, Stoelting Company, Wood Dale, IL 60191 USA). The main strength of the Leiter-3 would be the true nonverbal character of the test, requiring no spoken directions by the examiner and no spoken responses by the examinee. In addition, the subtests have a great deal of color, are game-like, and are more engaging than some of the other nonverbal instruments that use primarily black-and-white illustrations without manipulatives such as the blocks used in the Leiter-3 cognitive subtests. Also, the Leiter-3 provides a nonverbal IQ with just four subtests, and, for differential analysis of cognitive process deficits, a companion set of memory and attention nonverbal subtests that are optional. The technical qualities are strong in terms of reliability, validity, decision-consistency accuracy, and fairness. The review in Buros Mental Measurements Yearbook (online by Martin Wiese, 2014) included several positive comments about the test, stating “The Leiter-3 authors have succeeded in their goal of constructing a reliable and valid nonverbal measure of intellectual ability and Attention/Memory.” Weaknesses are few based on the reviews to date (e.g., the global Nonverbal IQ score is not supplemented by factor index scores for fluid reasoning and visual-spatial abilities separately, relatively small number of subjects in criterion-group studies, and lower test–retest coefficients compared to internal consistency estimates).
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- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Intelligence Quotient
- Stroop Task
- Intelligence Quotient Score
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Roid, G.H., Koch, C. (2017). Leiter-3: Nonverbal Cognitive and Neuropsychological Assessment. In: McCallum, R. (eds) Handbook of Nonverbal Assessment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50604-3_8
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