The psychometrics of adaptation: Evaluating measurement equivalence across languages and cultures

Adapting Educational and Psychological Tests for Cross-Cultural Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 265-296

  Drasgow, Fritz ^a   Probst, Tahira M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84917311919     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410611758     Document Type: Chapter

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