Correlates of person fit and effect of person fit on test validity

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-53

  Schmitt, Neal ^a   Chan, David ^b   Sacco, Joshua M ^b   McFarland, Lynn A ^b   Jennings, Danielle ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aberrant test item responses; Fit indices; lz; Person fit; Subgroup differences; Test motivation; Test reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033249435     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01466219922031176     Document Type: Article

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