Confirmatory Factor Structure of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition: Consistency With Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 511-539

  Reynolds, Matthew R ^a   Keith, Timothy Z ^a   Fine, Jodene Goldenring ^a   Fisher, Melissa E ^a   Low, Justin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; confirmatory factor analysis; intelligence; invariance; Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749113399     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1045-3830.22.4.511     Document Type: Article

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