Estimating the reliability of dichotomous or trichotomous scores

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-41

  Feldt, Leonard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dichotomous score reliability; Parallel forms reliability; Reliability coefficient; Trichotomous score reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 12944314827     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164404264851     Document Type: Review

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