WAIS-IV and Clinical Validation of the Four- and Five-Factor Interpretative Approaches

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 94-113

  Weiss, Lawrence G ^a   Keith, Timothy Z ^b   Zhu, Jianjun ^a   Chen, Hsinyi ^c  

^a PEARSON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

measurement invariance; MG MACS; Wechsler scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876272053     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282913478030     Document Type: Article

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