IQ interpretation for children with flat and variable test profiles

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-125

  Fiorello, Catherine A ^a   Hale, James B ^b   McGrath, Marie ^a   Ryan, Kelly ^c   Quinn, Sunshine ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Flat profiles; FSIQ; IQ; Variable profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035780186     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1041-6080(02)00075-4     Document Type: Article

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