An exploratory investigation of the factor structure of the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales (RIAS)

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 494-507

  Dombrowski, Stefan C ^a   Watkins, Marley W ^b   Brogan, Michael J ^a  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploratory factor analysis; Factor extraction decision making; Intelligence testing; RIAS; Schmid Leiman

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649102967     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282909333179     Document Type: Article

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