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Download full textMcArthur, David L. – 1981
Item bias, when present in a multiple-choice test, can be detected by appropriate analyses of the persons x items scoring matrix. Five related schemes for the statistical analysis of bias were applied to a widely used, primary skills multiple-choice test which was administered in either its English- or Spanish-language version at each of the two…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Spanish
