The person response function as a tool in person-fit research

Psychometrika

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 191-207

  Sijtsma, Klaas ^b   Meijer, Rob R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appropriateness measurement; Invariant item ordering; Nonparametric item response theory; Person response function; Person fit method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035534926     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02294835     Document Type: Article

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