Locally dependent latent trait model for polytomous responses with application to inventory of hostility

Psychometrika

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-216

  Ip, Edward H ^a,d   Wang, Yuchung J ^b   De Boeck, Paul ^c   Meulders, Michel ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Combination dependency models; EM algorithm; Generalized log linear model; Hybrid kernel; Social inhibition

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044243397     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02295940     Document Type: Conference Paper

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