Variability in Reliability Coefficients and the Standard Error of Measurement from School District to District

Applied Measurement in Education

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 367-381

  Feldt, Leonard S ^b   Qualls, Audrey L ^a  

^a Iowa Testing Programs   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033459245     PISSN: 08957347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324818AME1204_3     Document Type: Article

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