WISC-IV GAI and CPI in psychoeducational assessment

Canadian Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-219

  Bremner, Dawn ^a   McTaggart, Breanne ^b   Saklofske, Donald H ^a   Janzen, Troy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Golden Hills School Division   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

clinical populations; Cognitive Proficiency Index; General Ability Index; index scores; Wechsler Intelligence Tests; WISC IV

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053636635     PISSN: 08295735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0829573511419090     Document Type: Article

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