Investigating the structure of the WJ-III cognitive at school age

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 154-169

  Dombrowski, Stefan C ^a  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattell Horn Carroll theory; Exploratory factor analysis; General intelligence; Higher order factor analysis; Schmid Leiman orthogonalization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COGNITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882621370     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/spq0000010     Document Type: Article

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