WAIS-IV subtest covariance structure: Conceptual and statistical considerations

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 328-340

  Ward, L Charles ^a   Bergman, Maria A ^a   Hebert, Katina R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattell horn carroll theory; Confirmatory factor analysis; Intellectual assessment; WAIS IV; Wechsler adult intelligence scale fourth edition

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; AUDITORY COMPREHENSION; CATTELL HORN CARROLL THEORY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLECT; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERCEPTUAL REASONING; PROCESSING SPEED; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLASSIFICATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866952685     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025614     Document Type: Article

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