Aggregating to the between-person level in idiographic research designs: Personal goal research as an example of the need to distinguish between reliability and homogeneity

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 230-238

  Lüdtke, Oliver ^a   Trautwein, Ulrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Intraclass correlation; Personal goals; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846829553     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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