Factorial invariance of Woodcock-Johnson III scores for African Americans and caucasian Americans

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 358-366

  Edwards, Oliver W ^a   Oakland, Thomas D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement tests; Ethnic group differences; Intelligence tests; Woodcock Johnson

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750198485     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282906289595     Document Type: Article

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