Modeling differentiation of cognitive abilities within the higher-order factor model using moderated factor analysis

Intelligence

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 611-624

  Molenaar, Dylan ^a   Dolan, Conor V ^a   Wicherts, Jelte M ^a   van der Maas, Han L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Factor analysis; Intelligence; Likelihood ratio test; Moderation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958154330     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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