A confirmatory factor analysis of the WMS-III in a clinical sample with crossvalidation in the standardization sample

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 629-641

  Bradley Burton, D ^a   Ryan, Joseph J ^b   Axelrod, Bradley N ^c   Schellenberger, Tony ^a   Richards, Heather M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; WMS III; WMS R

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; HYPOTHESIS; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0041664899     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6177(02)00149-X     Document Type: Article

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