'Much more at home with 3.999 pupils than with four'1: The contributions to psychometrics of Sir Godfrey Thomson

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-174

  Sharp, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0346446092     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8317.1997.tb01138.x     Document Type: Article

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