A multitrait-multimethod validity investigation of scores from a professional licensure examination

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 498-516

  Pitoniak, Mary J ^a   Sireci, Stephen G ^a   Luecht, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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EID: 0037777703     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00164402062003007     Document Type: Review

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