Logistic regression and its use in detecting differential item functioning in polytomous items

Journal of Educational Measurement

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 315-332

  French, Ann W ^a   Miller, Timothy R ^a  

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EID: 0030486106     PISSN: 00220655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3984.1996.tb00495.x     Document Type: Article

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