Confirmatory factor analysis of the Gibb experimental test of testwiseness

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 276-286

  Harmon, Michelle G ^a   Morse, David T ^a   Morse, Linda W ^a  

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EID: 0030555306     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164496056002008     Document Type: Article

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