Checking the appropriateness of item response theory models by predicting the distribution of observed scores: The program Eo-fit

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 895-902

  Ferrando, Pere J ^a   Lorenzo Seva, Urbano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

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EID: 0035537349     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00131640121971473     Document Type: Article

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