Asymptotic null distribution of person fit statistics with estimated person parameter

Psychometrika

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 331-342

  Snijders, Tom A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymptotic approximations; Item response theory; Person fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035637832     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02294437     Document Type: Article

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