Measuring mental capacity: Thomson's Bonds model and Spearman's g-model compared

Intelligence

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 222-233

  Bartholomew, David J ^a   Allerhand, Michael ^b   Deary, Ian J ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bonds; Charles Spearman; Godfrey Thomson; Intelligence; Mental capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877357128     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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