Psychometrics and psychometricians in the 20th and 21st centuries: How it was in the 20th century and how it is now

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-20

  Merenda, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PSYCHOMETRY; UNITED STATES;

CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247488732     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.104.1.3-20     Document Type: Article

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