Reliability and validity of gain scores considered graphically

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 399-406

  May, Kim ^a   Hittner, James B ^a  

^a School of Business and Economics   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79952112845     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/03.PMS.111.5.399-406     Document Type: Article

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