The mismeasure of psychologists: A review of the psychometrics of licensing requirements

Handbook of Professional Ethics for Psychologists: Issues, Questions, and Controversies

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 81-100

  O’Donohue, William T ^a   Buchanan, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781412990004.n6     Document Type: Chapter

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