How serious is the problem of item nonresponse in delinquency scales and aetiological variables?: A cross-national inquiry into two classroom PAPI self-report studies in Antwerp and Halmstad

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-308

  Pauwels, Lieven ^a   Svensson, Robert ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Correlational validity; Item nonresponse; Missing data analysis; Scale reliability; Self reported delinquency studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249114894     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370808090833     Document Type: Article

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