Psychometric properties of the California critical thinking tests

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 309-327

  Bondy, Kathleen N ^a   Koenigseder, Lauretta A ^a   Ishee, Jimmy H ^a   Williams, Barbara G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; THINKING; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THINKING;

EID: 0035749996     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.9.3.309     Document Type: Article

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