The Impact of Faking on Employment Tests: Does Forced Choice Offer a Solution?

Human Performance

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 371-388

  Jackson, Douglas N ^a   Wroblewski, Victor R ^a   Ashton, Michael C ^a  

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EID: 0034394960     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327043HUP1304_3     Document Type: Article

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