Beyond psychometrics Measurement, non-quantitative structure, and applied numerics

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 421-439

  Barrett, Paul ^a,b,c,d  

^a Mariner7 Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Numerical methods; Psychometric tests; Quantitative modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141748418     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940310484026     Document Type: Article

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