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Clarifying the Concept and Context of Content Validation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Brian H. Kim  and
Frederick L. Oswald
Brian H. Kim*
Affiliation:
Occidental College
Frederick L. Oswald
Affiliation:
Rice University
*
E-mail: briankim@oxy.edu
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , December 2009 , pp. 497 - 500
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2009 

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Department of Psychology, Occidental College

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Department of Psychology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd, F-11, Los Angeles, CA 90041–3314

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