Maximin Calibration Designs for the Nominal Response Model: An Empirical Evaluation

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-87

  Passos, Valeria Lima ^a   Berger, Martijn P F ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Item calibration; Maximin design; Polytomous IRT models; Relative efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0942268052     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621603260676     Document Type: Article

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