WAIS-III percentile scores by education and sex for U.S. and Canadian populations

Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 426-432

  Longman, R Stewart ^a,c   Saklofske, Donald H ^b   Fung, Tak S ^b  

^a CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demographic effects; Intelligence; Sex effects; WAIS III

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 35649010466     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191107304114     Document Type: Article

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