Measurement: A Beginner's Guide

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 298-308

  Michell, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENTAL TASKS; PSYCHOMETRICIANS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ESTIMATION; FORMAL LOGIC; NUMBER THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0348226171     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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