The order-restricted association model: Two estimation algorithms and issues in testing

Psychometrika

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 641-654

  Galindo Garre, Francisca ^a,c   Vermunt, Jeroen K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ML estimation algorithms; Order constraints; Parametric bootstrap; Row column association models

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944362928     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02289860     Document Type: Article

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