Enhancing the Validity and Cross-Cultural Comparability of Measurement in Survey Research

American Political Science Review

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 191-207

  King, Gary ^a   Murray, Christopher J L ^b   Salomon, Joshua A ^a,c   Tandon, Ajay ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 1642587174     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000305540400108X     Document Type: Review

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