Professionally Responsible Test Selection for Spanish-Speaking Clients: A Four-Step Approach for Identifying and Selecting Translated Tests

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-374

  Fernandez, Krissie ^a   Boccaccini, Marcus T ^a   Noland, Ramona M ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bilingual assessment; multicultural assessment; test selection; test translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548847164     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.38.4.363     Document Type: Article

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