IQs are very strong but imperfect indicators of psychometric g: Results from joint confirmatory factor analysis

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 801-813

  Farmer, Ryan L ^a   Floyd, Randy G ^a   Reynolds, Matthew R ^b   Kranzler, John H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84927798305     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.21785     Document Type: Article

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