Orthogonal Higher Order Structure and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the French Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-III)

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 143-152

  Golay, Philippe ^a   Lecerf, Thierry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CHC theory; Confirmatory factor analysis; Schmid Leiman transformation; WAIS III

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TRANSLATING; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952615783     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021230     Document Type: Article

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