Comparing the Incomparable: An Essay on the Importance of Big Assumptions and Scant Evidence

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 10-16

  Wainer, Howard ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 33746640370     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: 17453992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1999.tb00277.x     Document Type: Article

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