Interpreting the g loadings of intelligence test composite scores in light of Spearman's law of diminishing returns

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-76

  Reynolds, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

2nd ed., Intelligence; Ability differentiation; Differential ability scales; Spearman's law of diminishing returns

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84875301263     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/spq0000013     Document Type: Article

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