Differential item functioning analysis of 4th-graders science and urdu(national language) achievement test items in Pakistan

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Gondal, Muhammad Bashir
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Educational tests and measurements, Achievement tests, Science, Urdu language.
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/8151
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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M. B. Gondal, “Differential item functioning analysis of 4th-graders science and urdu(national language) achievement test items in Pakistan,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2001.
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