Comparison of forced-choice and subjective probability scales measuring behavioral intentions

Psychological Reports

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 321-332

  Flannelly, Laura T ^a   Flannelly, Kevin J ^b   McLeod Jr , Malcolm S ^b  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034137163     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.86.1.321     Document Type: Article

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