Factor Analysis of Variability Measures in Eight Independent Samples of Children and Adults

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 330-358

  Coyle, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Categorization; Children; Factor analysis; Memory; Strategies; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; RECALL;

ADULT; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0035315769     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.2000.2578     Document Type: Article

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