The effect of person misfit on classification decisions

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-44

  Hendrawan, Irene ^a   Gees, A W ^a   Meijer, Rob R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3PNO; Estimation methods; Guessing; IRT; Item disclosure; Person fit statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 11344292691     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621604270902     Document Type: Article

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