An empirical study of reporting practices concerning measurement validity

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 802-812

  Hogan, Thomas P ^a   Agnello, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Reporting validity; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344226944     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164404264120     Document Type: Article

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