Intelligence is what the intelligence test measures. Seriously

Journal of Intelligence

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-15

  van der Maas, Han L J ^a   Kan, Kees Jan ^b   Borsboom, Denny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Formative model; G factor; Intelligence test; IQ; Mutualism model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920431279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20793200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence2010012     Document Type: Note

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