Psychometrics of direct observation

School Psychology Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 507-519

  Hintze, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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