Item Response Models, Pathological Science and the Shape of Error: Reply to Borsboom and Mellenbergh

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 121-129

  Michell, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

item response models; pathological science; psychological measurement; psychometrics; quantification

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542327686     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: 14617447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354304040201     Document Type: Article

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