Gender differences in variance and means on the Naglieri Non-verbal Ability Test: Data from the Philippines

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 292-308

  Vista, Alvin ^a   Care, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHILIPPINES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79955622667     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709910X514004     Document Type: Article

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