Is current validation valid? Some intriguing problems with traditional validation designs for general (value) surveys

Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-63

  Waege, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84937269542     PISSN: 07591063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/075910639705400103     Document Type: Article

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