A rasch differential item functioning analysis of the Massachusetts youth screening instrument: Identifying race and gender differential item functioning among juvenile offenders

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 502-521

  Cauffman, Elizabeth ^a   MacIntosh, Randall ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential item functioning; Juvenile delinquent; Mental health; Rasch Model; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646504417     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164405282460     Document Type: Review

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