Nonparametric Person-Fit Research: Some Theoretical Issues and an Empirical Example

Applied Measurement in Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-89

  Meijer, Rob R ^a   Muijtjens, A M M ^b   Van der Vleuten, C P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0642287628     PISSN: 08957347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324818ame0901_7     Document Type: Article

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