Standards for the development and review of instrumental studies: Considerations about test selection in psychological research

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 863-882

  Carretero Dios, Hugo ^a   Pérez, Cristino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Standards for the review of instrumental studies; Test adaptation; Test construction; Test selection; Theoretical study

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748910639     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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