Inter-rater and test-retest reliability of the Monash Canine Personality Questionnaire-Revised (MCPQ-R)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 85-90

  Ley, Jacqui M ^a   McGreevy, Paul ^b   Bennett, Pauleen C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canine; MCPQ R; Personality; Reliability

Indexed keywords

CANID; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 67349282306     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.02.027     Document Type: Article

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