The validity of the general ability measure for adults™: Comparison with WAIS-R IQ scores in a sample of college students with academic difficulties

Assessment

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-72

  Lassiter, Kerry S ^a   Leverett, J Patrick ^a   Safa, Tharwat A ^a  

^a Department of Psychology ^*

Author keywords

GAMA; Learning disability assessment; Measurement; Validity; Visual spatial ability; Wechsler scales

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0034145203     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319110000700105     Document Type: Article

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