Differential Bundle Functioning Using the DFIT Framework: Procedures for Identifying Possible Sources of Differential Functioning

Applied Measurement in Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 353-369

  Oshima, T C ^d   Raju, Nambury S ^a   Flowers, Claudia P ^b   Slinde, Jeffrey A ^c  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c Psychological Corporation   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0542397969     PISSN: 08957347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324818ame1104_4     Document Type: Article

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