Stability of three methods for two-dimensional sociometric status determination based on the procedure of Asher, Singleton, Tinsley and Hymel

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 535-550

  Maassen, Gerard H ^a   Steenbeek, Henderien ^b   Van Geert, Paul ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nomination; Preschool children; Ratings; Sociometric status determination; Stability; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344638148     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2004.32.6.535     Document Type: Review

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