Item and Test Bias

Encyclopedia of Social Measurement

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 365-371

  Wainer, Howard ^a   Sireci, Stephen G ^b  

^a NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-369398-5/00446-1     Document Type: Chapter

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