Nonparametric IRT: Testing the BI-isotonicity of isotonic probabilistic models (ISOP)

Psychometrika

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-96

  Scheiblechner, Hartmann ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Index of association and of isotonicity; Instrumental pair comparison systems; Multidimensional coordinatewise partial order; Sample free estimates; Weak item independence; Weak subject independence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038133402     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02296654     Document Type: Article

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