Incremental Validity Principles in Test Construction

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 467-477

  Smith, Gregory T ^a   Fischer, Sarah ^a   Fister, Suzannah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0346445532     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.15.4.467     Document Type: Review

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