Non-g residuals of the SAT and ACT predict specific abilities

Intelligence

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 114-120

  Coyle, Thomas R ^a   Purcell, Jason M ^a   Snyder, Anissa C ^a   Kochunov, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACT; Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery; General intelligence (g); Non g residuals; SAT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872561555     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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