Differential item functioning across race in aging research: An example using a social support measure

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-70

  Sacco, Paul ^a   Casado, Banghwa Lee ^a   Unick, G Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential item functioning; Ethnicity; Interpersonal Evaluation Support List; Race; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649977960     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2011.524818     Document Type: Article

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