AU - Rahimian Boogar, Isaac AU - Habibi, Mojtaba TI - Sensitivity, Specificity and Cutoff Point of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised in Diagnosis of Learning Disorders PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - ijpcp JN - ijpcp VO - 18 VI - 3 IP - 3 4099 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1890-en.html 4100 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1890-en.pdf SO - ijpcp 3 AB  - Objectives: This research aimed to determine the sensitivity, specificity and cutoff point of the revised version of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-R) in diagnosis of  learning disorders. Method: Using a cross-sectional descriptive design and multistage cluster sampling, 45 students with learning disorders and 45 students without learning disorders completed a demographical data questionnaire and WISC-R. The data was analysed by Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve. Results: The cut point 89 can differentiate children with learning disorders in 94.1% of cases with sensitivity of 71.1% and specificity of 95.6% (p CP - IRAN IN - Faculty of Psychological and Educational Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran, IR. Fax: +98232-3626888 LG - eng PB - ijpcp PG - 195 PT - Original Research YR - 2012