The measurement properties of a French language adaptation of the national adult reading test

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-38

  Mackinnon, A ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Item response theory; Premorbid ability; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003111813     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.54     Document Type: Article

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