Evaluating pretest effects in pre-post studies

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 744-759

  Kim, Eun Sook ^a   Willson, Victor L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

meta analysis; pretest sensitization effects; pretest posttest control design

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956959689     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164410366687     Document Type: Article

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