Assessing gender-related differential item functioning and predictive validity with the institutional integration scale

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 545-559

  Baker, Becca A ^a   Caison, Amy L ^b   Meade, Adam W ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College student withdrawal; Differential item functioning; Institutional Integration Scale; Item response theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248167065     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164406292088     Document Type: Article

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