Thinking twice about sum scores

2020/04/22 by Daniel McNeish, Melissa Gordon Wolf · 13 citations
Decision Sciences · Psychology · #Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation #Mental Health Research Topics #Psychometric Methodologies and Testing

paper · pdf · doi:10.3758/s13428-020-01398-0

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