Bias in Mental Tests.

Bond, Lloyd

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ERIC Number: EJ254501

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1981-Sep

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Bias in Mental Tests.

Bond, Lloyd

New Directions for Testing and Measurement, n11 p55-77 Sep 1981

While some forms of test bias (for example, bias in selection and prediction) appear amenable to definitional consensus, a definition of cultural bias will remain problematic so long as it is confused with the nature/nurture issue. (Author/BW)

Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Evaluation Criteria, Experimenter Characteristics, Intelligence Differences, Mathematical Models, Nature Nurture Controversy, Predictive Validity, Test Bias, Test Format, Test Wiseness, Testing Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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