Construct validity of Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices for African and non-African engineering students in South Africa

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 220-229

  Rushton, J Philippe ^a   Skuy, Mervyn ^b   Bons, Trudy Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 4744339294     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0965-075X.2004.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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