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Scheuneman, Janice Dowd – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
Statistical bias in measurement and ethnic-group bias in testing are discussed, reviewing predictive and construct validity studies. Item bias is reconceptualized to include distance of item content from respondent's experience. Differing values of mean and standard deviation for bias parameter are analyzed in a simulation. References are…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Bias
