Rasch item analyses were conducted and esti mates of item residuals correlated with various demographic or person variables to investigate item bias in an attitude scale. Analysis revealed that the model fit the data well and that none of the demo graphic variables accounted for greater than 7% of the residual variance. Similar analyses of other atti tude scales as well as aptitude tests should be use ful.
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