Orthogonal Higher Order Factor Structure of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales-Fifth Edition for Children and Adolescents

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 533-541

  Canivez, Gary L ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hierarchical exploratory factor analysis; intelligence; SB 5; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949121317     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012884     Document Type: Article

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