Validation of a McKinney-Vento Act Implementation Scale

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 410-419

  Canfield, James P ^a   Teasley, Martell L ^a   Abell, Neil ^a   Randolph, Karen A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

factor analysis; field of practice; homelessness; instrument development; poverty; psychometric study; reliability study; validity study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862199582     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731512439758     Document Type: Article

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