PROFILE BUILDER
Subtests in, index scores out
Verbal Comprehension118
Perceptual Reasoning106
Working Memory97
Processing Speed92
ESTIMATED FSIQ10666th percentile · Average
GAI113reasoning without WM / speed
INDEX SPREAD: 26 POINTSMore than about 1.5 SD between highest and lowest index. Many clinicians then treat the FSIQ as a weaker summary and interpret the indexes (or GAI) instead.
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Bars rise or fall from the mean scaled score of 10. Indexes and FSIQ here are estimates from a composite formula (assumed subtest correlations about .6 within an index, .45 across), not the publisher's sum-of-scaled-scores tables. Only a qualified examiner's report gives your actual scores.
SAME NUMBER, DIFFERENT WORDS
How each edition describes an index score
SCOREWAIS-IV (2008)WISC-V (2014) · WAIS-5 (2024)
130+Very superiorExtremely high120–129SuperiorVery high110–119High averageHigh average90–109AverageAverage80–89Low averageLow average70–79BorderlineVery low≤69Extremely lowExtremely low
Newer editions replaced value-laden words such as "Borderline" and "Superior" with descriptive ones. Your FSIQ row is highlighted.
WHICH WECHSLER?
Four indexes became five
2008WAIS-IVAges 16–90. Ten core subtests feed four indexes and the FSIQ; GAI drops working memory and speed.Edition history →2014WISC-VAges 6–16. Perceptual reasoning split into Visual Spatial and Fluid Reasoning; FSIQ from seven subtests.Edition history →2024WAIS-5The adult scale adopts the five-index model. Not modelled in the builder above; its subtest mix differs.Edition history →
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REFERENCES
- Wechsler, D. (2008). WAIS-IV Technical and Interpretive Manual. Pearson.
- Wechsler, D. (2014). WISC-V Technical and Interpretive Manual. Pearson.
- Tellegen, A., & Briggs, P. F. (1967). Old wine in new skins: Grouping Wechsler subtests into new scales. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 31(5), 499–506.
- Weiss, L. G., Saklofske, D. H., Holdnack, J. A., & Prifitera, A. (2016). WISC-V Assessment and Interpretation. Academic Press.