Common WISC-III examiner errors: Evidence from graduate students in training

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-125

  Alfonso, Vincent C ^a   Johnson, Annemarie ^b   Patinella, Lilia ^b   Rader, Damon E ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032362329     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6807(199804)35:2<119::AID-PITS3>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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