Indexes of validity and reliability for cross-societal measures

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-147

  Denton, Trevor ^a  

^a Peterborough ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditional imputation; Cross societal research; Measurement; Proxy; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549102569     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397107311185     Document Type: Article

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