Adaptation of a German multidimensional networking scale into english

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 244-250

  Wolff, Hans Georg ^a   Schneider Rahm, Corina I ^b   Forret, Monica L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential item functioning; Multidimensional scaling; Networking; Test adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053027423     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000070     Document Type: Article

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