Modeling the impact of test anxiety and test familiarity on the criterion-related validity of cognitive ability tests

Intelligence

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-41

  Reeve, Charlie L ^a   Heggestad, Eric D ^a   Lievens, Filip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Classical test theory; Cognitive ability tests; Criterion related validity; Test anxiety; Test familiarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349149409     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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