The Financial Knowledge Scale: An Application of Item Response Theory to the Assessment of Financial Literacy

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 381-410

  Knoll, Melissa A Z ^a   Houts, Carrie R ^b  

^a SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b Vector Psychometric Group   (United States)

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EID: 84866551959     PISSN: 00220078     EISSN: 17456606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2012.01241.x     Document Type: Article

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