Separating "rotators" from "Nonrotators" in the mental rotations test: A multigroup latent class analysis

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-293

  Geiser, Christian ^a   Lehmann, Wolfgang ^b   Eid, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 33846026312     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327906mbr4103_2     Document Type: Review

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