Gender differences in figural matrices: The moderating role of item design features

Intelligence

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 584-597

  Arendasy, Martin E ^a   Sommer, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automatic item generation; Fluid intelligence; Gender differences; Item design features

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866468100     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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