A revised modified parallel analysis for the construction of unidimensional item pools

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-252

  Budescu, David V ^a   Cohen, Yoav ^b   Ben Simon, Anat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dimensionality; Gapping; Item response theory, dimensionality; Jacknifing; Parallel analysis; Unidimensionality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031536022     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01466216970213004     Document Type: Article

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