The MISTRA data: Forty-two mental ability tests in three batteries

Intelligence

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 82-88

  Johnson, Wendy ^a,b   Bouchard, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlations; Mental ability; Twins reared apart; Variance covariance matrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953068335     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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