Corsi's block-tapping test: standardization and concurrent validity with WISC-R for children aged 11 to 16

Percept Mot Skills. 1994 Dec;79(3 Pt 2):1547-54. doi: 10.2466/pms.1994.79.3f.1547.

Abstract

Corsi's block-tapping test and WISC-R were given to 1122 children from 11 to 16 years of age. Corsi's raw scores were transformed into standard scores like those for the WISC-R subtests. Reliabilities, standard score equivalents of raw scores, correlations with scores on WISC-R subtests, scales and factor scores are presented. A Principal Factor analysis of intercorrelations for Corsi's test and WISC-R subtests shows a three-factor solution with Corsi's test loading on the Third Factor. Results agree with Wielkiewicz's (1990) hypothesis about the construct underlying WISC-R Third Factor as "executive" and short-term memory processes.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Attention
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Memory, Short-Term
  • Mental Recall*
  • Neuropsychological Tests / statistics & numerical data*
  • Psychometrics
  • Psychomotor Performance*
  • Reference Standards
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Wechsler Scales / statistics & numerical data*