Rasch Model Estimation: Further Topics

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-110

  Linacre, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHI-SQUARE METHODS; RASCH MODELS;

ALGORITHMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0442279514     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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