An examination of five indexes of test battery performance: Analysis of the ECAT battery

Military Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-120

  Sager, Christopher E ^a   Peterson, Norman G ^a   Oppler, Scott H ^a   Rosse, Rodney L ^a   Walker, Clinton B ^b  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0346976501     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327876mp0901_6     Document Type: Article

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