A reliability analysis of goal attainment scaling (GAS) weights

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-216

  Marson, Stephen M ^a   Wei, Guo ^a   Wasserman, Deborah ^b  

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

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical impressions; Goal attainment scaling (GAS); Interrater reliability; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949174053     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214009334676     Document Type: Article

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