Differential item response in the USC ADRC measure of neuropsychological Lead Investigator: Donald Lloyd Institution : USC E-Mail : donaldll@usc.edu Proposal ID : 237 Proposal Description: An SEM approach to item response theory that facilitates the inclusion of control variables will be used to assess language of administration and ethnic group differences in performance of individual components of a general measure of cognitive functioning at an equivalent level the construct modeled as a latent variable.