Factor analysis of scales composed of binary items: Illustration with the Maudsley Obsessional Compulsive Inventory

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 215-223

  Woods, Carol M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical; Factor analysis; IRT; MOCI; WLS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842740109     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020770831134     Document Type: Article

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