Factorial invariance testing and latent mean differences for the self-description questionnaire II (short version) with indigenous and non-indigenous Australian secondary school students

International Journal of Testing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-79

  Bodkin Andrews, Gawaian H ^a   Ha, My Trinh ^a   Craven, Rhonda G ^a   Yeung, Alexander Seesing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 78651287673     PISSN: 15305058     EISSN: 15327574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15305050903352065     Document Type: Article

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