Internet-based attitude assessment: does gender affect measurement equivalence?

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1183-1194

  Whitaker, Brian G ^a  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Administration; Equivalence; Gender; Internet; Measurement; Ratings

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; INTERNET; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; QUALITY CONTROL;

CROSS-MODE DIFFERENCES; DATA QUALITY;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

EID: 33846095375     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2004.11.016     Document Type: Article

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