Validity of the full-scale IQ when there is significant variability among WISC-III and WISC-IV factor scores

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-20

  Watkins, Marley W ^a   Glutting, Joseph J ^b   Lei, Pui Wa ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; RACE DIFFERENCE; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250663822     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084280701280353     Document Type: Article

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