A multigroup investigation of latent cognitive abilities and reading achievement relations

School Psychology Review

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 385-406

  Hajovsky, Daniel ^a   Reynolds, Matthew R ^a   Floyd, Randy G ^b   Turek, Joshua J ^a   Keith, Timothy Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 84922544309     PISSN: 02796015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17105/SPR-13-0060.1     Document Type: Article

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