Test construction in the 1990s: Recent approaches every psychologist should know

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 354-359

  Reckase, Mark D ^a  

^a American College Testing Incorporated   (United States)

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CONSTRUCTION WORK; MENTAL TEST; SHORT SURVEY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030513462     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.8.4.354     Document Type: Article

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