Test length and validity revisited

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 303-315

  Burisch, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0031502673     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0984(199711)11:4<303::aid-per292>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Review

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