Ability tilt on the SAT and ACT predicts specific abilities and college majors

Intelligence

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-24

  Coyle, Thomas R ^a   Purcell, Jason M ^a   Snyder, Anissa C ^a   Richmond, Miranda C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability tilt; ACT; General intelligence (g); Investment theories; SAT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900435945     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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