All Validities are Not Created Equal: Determinants of Variation in SAT Validity Across Schools

Applied Measurement in Education

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 197-219

  Shen, Winny ^a   Sackett, Paul R ^a   Kuncel, Nathan R ^a   Beatty, Adam S ^a   Rigdon, Jana L ^a   Kiger, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84863583109     PISSN: 08957347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08957347.2012.687615     Document Type: Article

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