A discussion of population invariance

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-114

  Brennan, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchor test; Equal reliability; Linear equating; Linking functions; REMSD; RMSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249009044     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621607311582     Document Type: Review

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