The reliability and validity of the Danish Draft Board Cognitive Ability Test: Børge Prien's Prøve

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-130

  Teasdale, Thomas W ^a   Hartmann, Peter V W ^b   Pedersen, Christoffer H ^c   Bertelsen, Mette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b The Danish Psychological Publishers ^*  (Denmark)

^c Forsvaret   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

APTITUDE; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952721959     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2010.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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