Online Assessment: Desirable or Dangerous?

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 148-154

  Buchanan, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000902306     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.33.2.148     Document Type: Review

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