Ethnic group representation in test construction samples and test bias: The standardization fallacy revisited

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 365-381

  Fan, Xitao ^a   Willson, Victor L ^b   Kapes, Jerome T ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030536192     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164496056003001     Document Type: Article

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