Online assessment: desirable or dangerous?
Internet-mediated psychological assessment procedures can play an important role in behavioral telehealth, but their use is not unproblematic. Possible uses of World Wide Web-based tests are discussed. Published empirical evaluations of Web-based personality tests indicate that they can be reliable...
| Published in: | Professional Psychology: Research & Practice Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 148 - 155 |
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American Psychological Association
April 2002
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