Diagnostic utility of the number of WISC-III subtests deviating from mean performance among students with learning disabilities

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 303-309

  Watkins, Marley W ^a   Worrell, Frank C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034215262     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6807(20002)37:4<311::AID-PITS1>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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