Adjusted rasch person-fit statistics

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 170-183

  Dimitrov, Dimiter M ^a   Smith, Richard M ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Data Recognition Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646347877     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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