Introduction to the special section on construct validity of psychological tests: 50 Years after Cronbach and Meehl (1955)

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 395-

  Strauss, Milton E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; EDITORIAL; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 30744447728     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.17.4.395     Document Type: Editorial

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