The Chinese intelligence scale for young children: Testing factor structure and measurement invariance using the framework of the wechsler intelligence tests

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 459-474

  Guo, Boliang ^a   Aveyard, Paul ^a   Dai, Xiaoyang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese Intelligence Scale for Young Children; Confirmatory factor analysis; Factor structure; Measurement invariance; Rural and urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649123464     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164409332209     Document Type: Article

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