Subjective scoring of divergent thinking: Examining the reliability of unusual uses, instances, and consequences tasks

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-30

  Silvia, Paul J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Creativity; Divergent thinking; Latent variable models; Measurement; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79351470394     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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