Evaluating the contribution of different item features to the effect size of the gender difference in three-dimensional mental rotation using automatic item generation

Intelligence

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 574-581

  Arendasy, Martin E ^a   Sommer, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automated item generation; Gender differences; Mental rotation; Spatial ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958152722     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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