NEO-FFI scores in college men and women: A view from McDonald's unified treatment of test theory

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 911-941

  Becker, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender differences; NEO FFI; Unified treatment of test theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750817855     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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