Cross-cultural instrument translation: Assessment, translation, and statistical applications

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-72

  Mason, Teresa Crowe ^a  

^a GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGN LANGUAGE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

EID: 18844372518     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aad.2005.0020     Document Type: Review

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