Two- and four-subtest short forms of the WAIS-R: A comparative validity study with a normal sample

Psychological Reports

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 371-380

  Thompson, Anthony ^a   Plumridge, Susan ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0347806331     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.84.2.371     Document Type: Article

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