Concordance between ACT and ITED scores from different populations

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 274-289

  Yin, Ping ^a,c   Brennan, Robert L ^b   Kolen, Michael J ^b  

^a ACT INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c American College Testing Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Concordance; Equating; Group invariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042632967     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621604265034     Document Type: Review

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