Comparing cognitive interviewing and psychometric methods to evaluate a racial/ethnic discrimination scale

Field Methods

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 397-419

  Reeve, Bryce B ^a   Willis, Gordon ^b   Shariff Marco, Salma N ^c   Breen, Nancy ^b   Williams, David R ^d   Gee, Gilbert C ^e   Alegría, Margarita ^f   Takeuchi, David T ^g   Stapleton, Martha ^h   Levin, Kerry Y ^h  

^a IL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive interviewing; differential item functioning; discrimination; item response theory; questionnaire evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855169439     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X11416564     Document Type: Article

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