A basis for multidimensional item response theory

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-114

  McDonald, Roderick P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Construct validity; Differential item functioning; Dimensionality; Identifiability; Independent clusters basis; Measurement error; Multidimensional item response theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034335623     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01466210022031552     Document Type: Article

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