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The WISC scores of 351 children in 9 diagnostic categories were compared in terms of differences in subtest scores, Verbal IQ-Performance IQ difference, subtest scatter, and subtest patterning. The 9 categories, Psychoneurotic Disorder, Personality Pattern Disturbance, Personality Trait Disturbance, Sociopathic Personality Disturbance, Special Symptom Reaction, Transient Situational Personality Disorder, Schizophrenic Reaction, Chronic Brain Syndrome, and Mental Deficiency, were not differentiated adequately by any of the above techniques.

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An attempt to use Gittinger's Personality Assessment System as a diagnostic tool did not yield statistically significant results for a sample of 318 children in 9 diagnostic groups. However, in this sample, there were many clear-cut sex differences in WISC performance and some evidence of interaction among age, sex, and diagnostic classifications. None of the observed differences proved useful in differentiation among these Ss.

Statistically significant differences in performance on Digits Forward and Digits Backward but not on the difference between these measures were obtained for a sample of 321 children subdivided into 9 diagnostic groups. Age apparently plays an important role.