Item response theory: Fundamentals, applications, and promise in psychological research

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-101

  Reise, Steven P ^a   Ainsworth, Andrew T ^a   Haviland, Mark G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical test theory; Item response theory; Psychometrics; Scaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544443050     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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