Bifactor invariance analysis of student conceptions of assessment inventory

Psico-USF

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 737-750

  Matos, Daniel Abud Seabra ^a   Brown, Gavin Thomas Lumsden ^b   Gomes, Cristiano Mauro Assis ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Educational assessment; Factor analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85067813097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21753563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/1413-82712019240411     Document Type: Article

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