There has been increased concern over the question of whether various educational and psychological tests may be biased against certain groups. A regression-based model such as the one described by Potthoff (1966) is presently considered one of the most tenable procedures for appraising bias in psychological testing. This paper presents a BASIC microcomputer program which calculates a regression model based analysis of predictive bias.
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