Item-trait association, scale multidimensionality, and differential item functioning identification in personality assessment

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1102-1108

  Kulas, John T ^a   Merriam, Jenny ^a   Onama, Yuko ^a  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DIF; Differential item functioning; FFM; Five factor model; IPIP; Logistic regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149089567     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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