Can IQ gain be accurately quantified by a simple difference formula?

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 88, Issue 3 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1255-1260

  Zhu, Jianjun ^a   Tulsky, David S ^a  

^a Psychological Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 27844577315     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.88.3c.1255     Document Type: Article

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