Correlations among cognitive abilities are lower for higher ability groups

Intelligence

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-57

  Legree, Peter J ^a,b   Pifer, Mark E ^a   Grafton, Frances C ^a  

^a US Army Research Institute

^b US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 33748140783     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2896(96)80005-5     Document Type: Article

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