Managing the Influence of DIF from Big Items: The 1988 Advanced Placement History Test as an Example

Applied Measurement in Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-215

  Wainer, Howard ^a   Lukhele, Robert ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 0031511102     PISSN: 08957347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324818ame1003_1     Document Type: Article

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