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Effects of Some Variations in Rating Scale Characteristics on the Means and Reliabilities of Ratings
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Metadata
- Authors
- Finn, R. H.
- Venue
- Educational and Psychological Measurement
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1972-07
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 255-265
- ISSN
- 0013-1644 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3888
- OpenAlex
- W2077371224
- Cited by
- 164
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 1.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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