CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF THE GRE ANALYTICAL TEST: A RESOURCE DOCUMENT
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عنوان ژورنال: ETS Research Report Series
سال: 1987
ISSN: 2330-8516
DOI: 10.1002/j.2330-8516.1987.tb00215.x