Detection of Response Bias in Applied Assessment: Comment on McGrath et al. (2010)

Psychological Injury and Law

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 153-161

  Morey, Leslie C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied assessment; Detection of response bias; Psychological indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871305157     PISSN: 1938971X     EISSN: 19389728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12207-012-9131-x     Document Type: Article

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