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The ABFM Begins to Use Differential Item Functioning

Thomas R. O'Neill, Michael R. Peabody and James C. Puffer
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2013, 26 (6) 807-809; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.06.130239
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Thomas R. O'Neill, Michael R. Peabody, James C. Puffer
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2013, 26 (6) 807-809; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.06.130239

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