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ERIC Number: EJ617260
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1644
Assessment of the Measurement Equivalence of a Spanish Translation of the 16PF Questionnaire.
Ellis, Barbara B.; Mead, Alan D.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v60 n5 p787-807 Oct 2000
Used the differential functioning of items and tests (DFIT) framework to examine the measurement equivalence of a Spanish translation of the Sixteen Personality Factor (16PF) Questionnaire using samples of 309 Anglo American college students and other adults, 280 English-speaking Hispanics, and 244 Spanish-speaking college students. Results show the usefulness of the DFIT approach in assessing measurement equivalence. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Higher Education, Hispanic American Students, Item Bias, Spanish, Test Format, Test Items, Translation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire
Note: Research supported in part by Grant 3 R24 MH47167-02S1 from the National Institute of Mental Health. Papers based on this research presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association (New York, NY, August 1995) and the International Congress of Applied Psychology (San Francisco, CA, August 1998).