Differential responding to positive and negative items: The case of a negative item in a questionnaire for course and faculty evaluation

Psychological Reports

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 497-500

  Ibrahim, Ali Mohamed ^a  

^a Box 32 ^*  (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 0035320976     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.88.2.497     Document Type: Article

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