Confirmatory factor analysis of the WAIS-IV/WMS-IV

Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-191

  Holdnack, James A ^a   Zhou, Xiaobin ^a   Larrabee, Glenn J ^b   Millis, Scott R ^c   Salthouse, Timothy A ^d  

^a PEARSON   (United States)

^b Sarasota FL ^*  (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

confirmatory factor analysis; intelligence; joint factor analysis; memory; WAIS IV; WMS IV; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VALIDATION STUDY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955911536     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191110393106     Document Type: Article

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