A note on the use of the Tobit approach for tests scores with floor or ceiling effects

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 351-364

  Van Den Oord, Edwin J C G ^a   Van Der Ark, L Andries ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0002917095     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8317.1997.tb01150.x     Document Type: Article

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