A reliability generalization study of the Self-Description Questionnaire

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 285-304

  Leach, Lesley F ^a   Henson, Robin K ^a   Odom, Leslie R ^a   Cagle, Lynne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Reliability; Reliability generalization; RG; SDQ; Self description questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644773642     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164405284030     Document Type: Article

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