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ERIC Number: EJ1491273
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Dec
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0734-2829
EISSN: EISSN-1557-5144
Available Date: 0000-00-00
99 Ways to Obtain a General Factor of Intelligence--And They Are Not All Created Equal
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, v43 n8 p918-932 2025
This paper examines whether general intelligence (g) factors derived from different test batteries are equivalent. There are three views regarding the equivalency of g-factors: (1) "indicator indifference" claims that test content is irrelevant as long as g loadings are identical and that single tests can be adequate indicators of g; (2) "complete dependence on test composition" claims that general factors are completely dependent on the tests from which they are extracted; and (3) an intermediate stance that emphasizes the importance of the diversity and comprehensiveness of cognitive test batteries from which g is obtained. The present study evaluates these competing views by analyzing g-factor correlations across all combinatorically possible combinations of subtests from the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities V. Results showed strong correlations among g-factors across both one-factor and hierarchical models, increasing with the number of subtests or broad abilities included. Most g-factors closely matched the g-estimate obtained from all available subtests (r > 0.9). Low correlations were mainly tied to the overrepresentation of processing speed (Gs) in small test sets, highlighting the impact of content coverage. Overall, results support the intermediate view: reliable g-estimates require broad, balanced batteries covering at least three broad abilities.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Woodcock Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability
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Author Affiliations: 1University of Trier, Trier, Germany; 2New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA; 3ELTE Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary