A cross-lagged panel analysis of psychometric intelligence and achievement in reading and math

Journal of Intelligence

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1-11

  Watkins, Marley W ^a   Styck, Kara M ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Cross lag; Intelligence; Structural equation modeling (SEM); WISC

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051572464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20793200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence5030031     Document Type: Article

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