WISC-V CFA by Reynolds and Keith - a MUST read by two of the best intelligence test scholars I know

IntelligenceAvailable online 3 March 2017In Press, Corrected Proof—Note to usersMulti-group and hierarchical confirmatory factor analysis of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children —Fifth Edition: What does it measure?☆Matthew R. Reynoldsa,,,Timothy Z. Keithb Show morehttp://dx.doi.org.ezp1.lib.umn.edu/10.1016/j.intell.2017.02.005Get rights and contentHighlights•WISC-V constructs are measured similarly across the 6 –16-year age range.•g and five broad ability factors account for subtest covariances.•Our CFA findings diverged from EFA research.•g is measured strongly in the new 7 subtest FSIQ.AbstractThe purpose of this research was to test the consistency in measurement of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fifth Edition (WISC-V; Wechsler, 2014) constructs across the 6 through 16 age span and to understand the constructs measured by the WISC-V. First-order, higher-order, and bifactor confirmatory factor models were used. Results were compared with two recent studies using higher-order and bifactor exploratory factor analysis (Canivez, Watkins,& Dombrowski, 2015; Dombrowski, Canivez, Watkins,& Beaujean, 2015) and two using confirmatory factor analysis (Canivez, Watkins,& Dombrowski, 2016; Chen, Zhang, Raiford, Zhu,& Weiss, 2015). We found evidence of age-invariance for the constructs measured by the WISC-V. Further, bothg and five distinct broad abilities (Verbal Comprehension, Visual Spatial Ability, Fluid Reasoning, Working Mem...

Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - March 7, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Tags: CFA CHC CHC theory WISC-IV Source Type: blogs