Sex differences on the Dutch WAIS-III

Intelligence

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-289

  van der Sluis, Sophie ^a   Posthuma, Danielle ^b   Dolan, Conor V ^a   de Geus, Eco J C ^b   Colom, Roberto ^c   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Measurement invariance; Multi group covariance and means structure analysis; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645955617     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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