Testing the equivalence among different item response formats in personality measurement: A structural equation modeling approach

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 271-286

  Ferrando, Pere J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

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EID: 8344270611     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328007SEM0702_7     Document Type: Article

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