The international cognitive ability resource: Development and initial validation of a public-domain measure

Intelligence

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-64

  Condon, David M ^a   Revelle, William ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Intelligence; Online assessment; Psychometric validation; Public domain measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894098191     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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