Revising translated differential item functioning items as a tool for improving cross-lingual assessment

Applied Measurement in Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-73

  Allalouf, Avi ^a  

^a National Institute for Testing and Evaluation Jerusalem   (Israel)

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EID: 0037208188     PISSN: 08957347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324818AME1601_3     Document Type: Article

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