Measuring Coping at a University Using a Rasch Model

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 370-385

  Waugh, Russell F ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RASCH MODEL; STRESS REDUCING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA REDUCTION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MOTIVATION; PLANNING; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EDUCATION;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0347596333     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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