Modeling General and Specific Abilities: Evaluation of Bifactor Models for the WJ-III

Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 698-706

  McFarland, Dennis J ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

bifactor models; cross validation; WJ III

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84995900571     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191115595070     Document Type: Article

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