Psychometric Inferences From a Meta-Analysis of Reliability and Internal Consistency Coefficients

Psychological Methods

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 386-397

  Botella, Juan ^a   Suero, Manuel ^a   Gambara, Hilda ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Reliability; Reliability generalization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 78650129436     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019626     Document Type: Article

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