Forced-choice personality tests: A measure of personality and cognitive ability?

Human Performance

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 175-199

  Vasilopoulos, Nicholas L ^a   Cucina, Jeffrey M ^a,c   Dyomina, Natalia V ^a   Morewitz, Courtney L ^a   Reilly, Richard R ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c US Customs and Border Protection ^*  (United States)

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EID: 33748422792     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327043hup1903_1     Document Type: Article

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