Transforming rubrics using factor analysis

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Baryla, Ed ^a   Shelley, Gary ^a   Trainor, William ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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