The theoretical detect index of dimensionality and its application to approximate simple structure

Psychometrika

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-249

  Zhang, Jinming ^b   Stout, William ^a  

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

^b EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate simple structure; Dimensionality; Dimensionally homogeneous item cluster; Generalized compensatory model; Genetic algorithm; Item response theory; Latent space; Multidimensionality; Simple structure; Test space

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033147823     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02294536     Document Type: Article

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