Normative data from the standardization of Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices in Kuwait in an international context

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-180

  Abdel Khalek, Ahmed M ^a,b   Raven, John ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Kuwait University ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General intelligence; Kuwaiti children; Measurement; Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644780901     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.2.169     Document Type: Review

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