Educational and Psychological Measurement (EPM) publishes a wide range of articles dealing with the measurement of individual differences, including, but not limited to, classical test theory, item response theory, "reliability generalization" (RG) studies, and validity studies for new and existing measures. EPM also publishes articles on quantitative methods dealing with issues relevant for quantitative researchers in the field of measurement (e.g., multivariate analysis techniques, factor analytic methods, structural equation modeling and multi-level modeling analytic methods).
Manuscript Submission:
All manuscripts should be submitted electronically to the editor (Xitao Fan, EPM Editor, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, U.S.A.; telephone: 1-434-243-8906; fax: 1-866-510-6725; e-mail: epm_uva@virginia.edu). Send submission letter and manuscript as attachments to the above e-mail address. Microsoft Word or Acrobat PDF file formats are accepted. There should be only one electronic file for each manuscript, and multiple files for one manuscript must be consolidated before submission. The corresponding author should provide both e-mail address and postal mailing address. The length of a manuscript should be 6,500 words or less (all inclusive, except tables / figures), plus a limited number of tables/figures. All tables/figures should use black color only.
Manuscripts should follow the general guidelines of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th edition). Manuscripts should comply with the author guidelines presented in the lead of issue 4, volume 54 of the journal (Winter 1994, pp. 837-847) and in supplementary "guidelines editorials" published on an occasional basis (e.g., August 1995, pp. 525-534; April 1996, pp. 197-208; and August 2001, pp. 517-531). Copies of these guideline editorials are available online at http://people.virginia.edu/~xf8d. The editor strongly encourages authors to review the recommendations of the American Psychological Association’s Task Force on Statistical Inference, published in the August 1999 issue of American Psychologist (http://content.apa.org/journals/amp/54/8/594.html).
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