Incremental validity of a performance-based test over and above conventional academic predictors

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-226

  Tanilon, Jenny ^a   Vedder, Paul ^a   Segers, Mien ^b   Tillema, Harm ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Performance based test; Predictive validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952106022     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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