Modeling incomplete scaled questionnaire data with a partial credit hierarchical measurement model

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-289

  Maier, Kimberly S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gibbs sampling; Hierarchical linear models; Item response theory; Missing data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036763541     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/10769986027003271     Document Type: Article

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