A confirmatory factor analysis of Cattell-Horn-Carroll theory and cross-age invariance of the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities III

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-87

  Taub, Gordon E ^a   McGrew, Kevin S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Inst on Applied Psychometrics (IAP)

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EID: 2442606421     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/scpq.19.1.72.29409     Document Type: Article

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