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. 2013 May 30;2013:415989. doi: 10.1155/2013/415989

Table 2.

Means and standard deviations in the original metrics for the VABS-II, BASC-2 PRS, and ABAS-II.

VABS-II BASC-2 ABAS-II
Subdomain M (SD) Scale M (SD) Skill Area M (SD)

Expressive 12.50 (2.61) Adaptability 36.46 (9.29) Communication 5.88 (2.57)
Receptive 11.26 (2.31) Social Skills 37.48 (8.21) Community Use 6.70 (3.63)
Written 15.12 (3.14) Leadership 37.94 (7.47) Functional Academics 8.48 (2.57)
Personal 14.06 (3.62) Activities of Daily Living 37.52 (9.11) Home Living 4.42 (3.02)
Domestic 12.30 (2.53) Functional Communication 36.84 (8.63) Health and Safety 7.26 (2.95)
Community 14.36 (2.99) Leisure 5.90 (2.36)
Interpersonal 9.78 (2.84) Self-Care 6.36 (2.87)
Play and Leisure 9.40 (2.84) Self-Direction 4.78 (3.30)
Coping 12.54 (2.88) Social 3.12 (2.75)

Domain/composite Composite Domain/composite

Communication 88.38 (12.20) Conceptual 81.26 (12.10)
Daily Living Skills 91.44 (14.65) Practical 77.56 (16.75)
Socialization 76.12 (13.39) Social 72.08 (11.20)
Adaptive Behavior Composite 83.52 (11.05) Adaptive Skills Composite 34.84 (7.82) General Adaptive Composite 73.64 (12.99)

For the VABS-II, normative subdomain score M = 15 and SD = 3 and normative domain score and composite M = 100 and SD = 15. For the BASC-2 PRS, normative M = 50 and SD = 10 for all scores. For the ABAS-II, normative skill area score M = 10 and SD = 3 and normative domain score and composite M = 100 and SD = 15.