Limitations of true score variance to measure discriminating power: Psychometric simulation study

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 300-306

  Kang, Seung Suk ^a,b   MacDonald, Angus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential deficit; Discriminating power; Generalized deficit; Psychometric confound; Simulation study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATING POWER; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUE SCORE VARIANCE;

EID: 77952945257     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018400     Document Type: Article

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