Sex differences in latent cognitive abilities ages 6 to 59: Evidence from the Woodcock-Johnson III tests of cognitive abilities

Intelligence

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 502-525

  Keith, Timothy Z ^a   Reynolds, Matthew R ^a   Patel, Puja G ^a   Ridley, Kristen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Broad cognitive abilities; Developmental differences; General intelligence; MIMIC models; Sex differences; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849101428     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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