The association between g and K in a sample of 4246 Swedish twins: A behavior genetic analysis

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 270-274

  Woodley of Menie, Michael A ^a   Madison, Guy ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

General intelligence; K factor; Mini K; Validity generalization; WMT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910610472     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.10.027     Document Type: Article

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