A note on simple gain score precision

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-89

  Mellenbergh, Gideon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Between examinee change; Difference score; Gain scores; Information; Measurement precision; Reliability; Simple gain score; Within examinee change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033249437     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01466219922031211     Document Type: Article

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