Gender-Related Differential Validity and Differential Prediction in Interest Inventories

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 138-152

  Pässler, Katja ^a   Beinicke, Andrea ^b   Hell, Benedikt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

differential item functioning; differential validity; gender differences; measurement bias; predictive bias; vocational interests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891341293     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072713492934     Document Type: Article

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