A secular decline in Spearman's g: Evidence from the WAIS, WAIS-R and WAIS-III

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 561-566

  Kane, Harrison D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 0034259236     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00217-2     Document Type: Article

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