Rating Scale Items: A Brief Review of Nomenclature, Components, and Formatting to Inform the Development of Direct Behavior Rating (DBR)

Assessment for Effective Intervention

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 242-250

  Christ, Theodore J ^a   Boice, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; progress monitoring; rating scale; social behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990393432     PISSN: 15345084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534508409336182     Document Type: Article

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