Investigating the Measurement of Social and Academic Competencies for Early/Late Preadolescents and Adolescents: A Multitrait-Multimethod Analysis

Applied Measurement in Education

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-132

  Byrne, Barbara M ^a   Gordon Bazana, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 0346677898     PISSN: 08957347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324818ame0902_2     Document Type: Article

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