Equivalence of a measurement model of cognitive abilities in U.S. standardization and Australian neuroscience samples

Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-144

  Bowden, Stephen C ^a   Weiss, Lawrence G ^b   Holdnack, James A ^b   Bardenhagen, Fiona J ^c   Cook, Mark J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Psychological Corporation

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Construct validity; Intelligence; Measurement invariance; Neuropsychological assessment; Neuropsychological diagnosis; Wechsler Intelligence Scale III

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43149106184     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191107309345     Document Type: Article

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