Cross-Classification Multilevel Logistic Models in Psychometrics

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 369-386

  Van Den Noortgate, Wim ^a   De Boeck, Paul ^a   Meulders, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crossed random effects; Item response theory; Logistic mixed models; Multilevel models

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642346230     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/10769986028004369     Document Type: Article

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