Person misfit in attitude surveys: Influences, impacts and implications

International Education Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-143

  Curtis, David D ^a  

^a School of Education   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude Surveys; Person Misfit; Rasch

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544361884     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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