Applications of item response theory to the examination of the psychometric properties and differential item functioning of the comprehensive assessment and referral evaluation dementia diagnostic scale among samples of Latino, African American, and White non-Latino elderly

Research on Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 738-773

  Teresi, Jeanne A ^a,b   Kleinman, Marjorie ^a   Ocepek Welikson, Katja ^b   Ramirez, Mildred ^b   Gurland, Barry ^c   Lantigua, Rafael ^c   Holmes, Douglas ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0033772808     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027500226007     Document Type: Review

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