RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ITEM CHARACTERISTICS AND AN INDEX OF DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING (DIF) FOR THE FOUR GRE VERBAL ITEM TYPES
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an exploratory study of differential item functioning (dif) in efl reading comprehension
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عنوان ژورنال: ETS Research Report Series
سال: 1988
ISSN: 2330-8516
DOI: 10.1002/j.2330-8516.1988.tb00285.x