The dependability of the general factor of intelligence: Why small, single-factor models do not adequately represent g

Intelligence

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 418-433

  Major, Jason T ^a   Johnson, Wendy ^a,b   Bouchard, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependability; Factor analysis; Factor loadings; G factor; General intelligence; Generalizability theory; Psychometric sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052035378     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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