WAIS

The camp here, 600 miles from the South Pole, is called WAIS Divide, named for its place atop a regional divide of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Mining for Cold, Hard Facts 2010

Timing and hemispheric extent of the insolation changes are important because the WAIS is a grounded (below sea level) ice sheet that is capable of melting (taking “melting” to include physical collapse) far more rapidly than Greenland (which is ringed by mountains and has limited outlets to the sea).

The MWP in the Warm Pool « Climate Audit 2006

If not, then how does the WAIS-R measure “innate intellligence” rather than a number of things such as achievement, education, and perhaps some grab-bag of innate abiltities?

The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010

Why does the WAIS include the question: “What color is the American flag?”

The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Scientists’ Openness to the Possibility of Genetic Differences in Mental Traits Among Racial and Ethnic Groups 2010

One example, the highly rated WAIS-R (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised) — which is not designed or intended to measure small group differences, but rather as one of a number of diagnostic clinical tools for psychologists to evaluate their patients — asks “what is the colour of the American flag? ” Go look up “cultural loading” for just a brief introduction to some of the issues here.

The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010

We used a rigorous psychometric measure (men's WAIS scores) to assess intelligence (the first study to our knowledge), in addition to women's subjective ratings to predict mate appeal.

Birds, Bees: Choices, Costly Signals, and Genetic Adjustments 2009

Instruments routinely used include: Bayley Scales of Infant Development (3rd edition), WPPSI-III, WISC-IV, WASI and WAIS-IV.

Practicum Training 2010

Even the most accepted test of “intelligence” in the psychology community, the WAIS-R, has individual scales for various different areas, and cautions that it is not to be used for comparative purposes, but rather as one (of many) diagnostic tool (s) in doing a full work-up of a patient.

The Volokh Conspiracy » 3. The Practical Costs of Condemning Openness to Distressing Answers on Factual Questions 2010

Back then, the Internet consisted of email, ftp for file transfer, telnet for remote login, and mostly forgotten services such as Gopher, WAIS, and Usenet.

Where Are They Now? The 25 Oldest Dot Coms « Steve Wildstrom on Tech 2010

Back then, the Internet consisted of email, ftp for file transfer, telnet for remote login, and mostly forgotten services such as Gopher, WAIS, and Usenet.

2010 March « Steve Wildstrom on Tech 2010