Combining reliability coefficients: Toward reliability generalization of the conceptions of mathematics questionnaire

Psychological Reports

Volumn 96, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 627-634

  Mji, Andile ^a,c   Alkhateeb, Haitham M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22944451484     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.96.3.627-634     Document Type: Review

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