The use of the bi-factor model to test the uni-dimensionality of a battery of reasoning tests;La utilización del modelo bifactorial para testar la unidimensionalidad de una batería de pruebas de raciocinio

Psicothema

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-122

  Primi, Ricardo ^a   da Silva, Marjorie Cristina Rocha ^a   Rodrigues, Priscila ^a   Muniz, Monalisa ^b   Almeida, Leandro S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO SAPUCAÍ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Battery of reasoning tests; Bi factor model; Factorial validity; Item response theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872797855     PISSN: 02149915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2011.393     Document Type: Article

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