The computation of equating errors in international surveys in education

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-335

  Monseur, Christian ^a,b   Berezner, Alla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; STANDARD;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

EID: 34548355237     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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