Cross-validation of the WISC-III factor structure in two samples of children with learning disabilities

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 236-248

  Grice, James W ^a   Krohn, Emily J ^b   Logerquist, Sally ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b NONE

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