Comparison of different test construction strategies in the development of a gender fair interest inventory using verbs

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-104

  Wetzel, Eunike ^a   Hell, Benedikt ^a   Pässler, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

classical test theory; differential item functioning; gender differences; item response theory; occupational exploration; vocational interest inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855694845     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072711417166     Document Type: Article

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