Invariance of score linkings across gender groups for forms of a testlet-based college-level examination program examination

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-61

  Yang, Wen Ling ^a   Gao, Rui ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatability; Invariance of linking; Linking; Test equating

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249074784     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621607311577     Document Type: Article

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