Long-term stability of membership in a wechsler intelligence scale for children-third edition (WISC-III) subtest core profile taxonomy

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-68

  Borsuk, Ellen R ^a   Watkins, Marley W ^a   Canivez, Gary L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Intelligence test; Profile analysis; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646390122     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282905285225     Document Type: Article

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