Abstract

justment and prediction have used a very large number of items. The length of these tests is their main disadvantage. The Burgess-Wallin Marital-Success Schedule contains 892 numbered items, but several of these have multiple subitems.3 Counting the multiple subitems, it requires answers to a possible maximum of 246 questions.4 Enumerating items on this basis, the Terman Happiness Test contains 75 items;5 the modified Terman-Oden test contains 103 items.6 The Locke Marital-

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Reliability (semiconductor)Reliability engineeringPsychologyPredictive validityValidityClinical psychologyPsychometricsEngineering

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1959
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21
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3
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251-251
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Harvey J. Locke, Karl M. Wallace (1959). Short Marital-Adjustment and Prediction Tests: Their Reliability and Validity. Marriage and Family Living , 21 (3) , 251-251. https://doi.org/10.2307/348022

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