How well is psychometric g indexed by global composites? Evidence from three popular intelligence tests

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1314-1321

  Reynolds, Matthew R ^a   Floyd, Randy G ^b   Niileksela, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite reliability; Intelligence; IQ; Omega; Psychometric g

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRIC G; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; THINKING; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; APTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84890083213     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034102     Document Type: Article

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