Evaluating change-based item selection rules

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-26

  Meier, Scott T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 0032369636     PISSN: 07481756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481756.1998.12068947     Document Type: Article

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