Rating scales for interpreting performance assessment

Interpreter and Translator Trainer

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-184

  Lee, Jieun ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Interpreting; Quality; Rating scales; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950713123     PISSN: 1750399X     EISSN: 17570417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1750399X.2008.10798772     Document Type: Article

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