False positive low score rates on Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV México and U.S. version core subtests from neurologically intact, balanced bilingual, Mexican Americans

Key Points

• The aim is to investigate false positive rates on WAIS-IV core subtests among bilingual Mexican Americans.
• Compared false positive rates between México and U.S. versions of WAIS-IV.
• Analyzed the impact of education and bilingualism on test scores.
• Used a performance-based estimate versus normative percentiles.
• False positive rates were lower for the México version as compared to the U.S. version.
• Significant reductions in false positives were observed across all cut-scores for both versions.
• Utilizing performance-based estimates decreased false positive rates effectively.