Structure of the wechsler intelligence scale for children-fourth edition among a national sample of referred students

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 782-787

  Watkins, Marley W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Factor analysis; Intelligence; WISC IV

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPECIAL EDUCATION; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE IV;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 78650124258     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020043     Document Type: Article

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