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Peer reviewedJacobs, Stanley S. – Research in Higher Education, 1995
Comparison of college freshman performance on two different forms of the California Critical Thinking Skills Test (n=684, 692) found a lack of equivalence between forms and low internal consistency reliability. It is suggested that, although the test may be useful for research, it is not appropriate for decision making about individual students.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking, Educational Research
