Random responding as a threat to the validity of effect size estimates in correlational research

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 596-612

  Credé, Marcus ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; Attenuation; Random responding; Samples; Student; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954592264     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164410366686     Document Type: Article

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