Translation and Test Administration Techniques to Meet the Assessment Needs of Ethnic Minorities, Migrants, and Refugees

Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment: Intellectual and Neuropsychological Assessment

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 333-338

  Nell, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Assessment needs of ethnic minorities; Behavioural neuropsychology; Construct validity; Familiarization opportunities; Test wiseness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957681999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780471726753.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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