Student Evaluation of Courses: Determining the Reliability and Validity of Three Survey Instruments

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 397-400

  Jeffreys, Marianne R ^a   Massoni, Margaret ^a   O'Donnell, Mary ^a   Smodlaka, Ivan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031252510     PISSN: 00223158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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