On issues of validity and especially on themisery of convergent validity

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 249-254

  Schweizer, Karl ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84867257369     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000156     Document Type: Article

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