The Washington University sentence complete test: Are the two halves alternate forms? Are the female and male forms comparable?

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 616-627

  Novy, Diane M ^a   Blumentritt, Tracie L ^b   Nelson, David V ^b   Gaa, Allison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030930042     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6803_9     Document Type: Article

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