DIF testing with an empirical-histogram approximation of the latent density for each group

Applied Measurement in Education

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-279

  Woods, Carol M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 79960187210     PISSN: 08957347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08957347.2011.580658     Document Type: Article

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