Nonparametric estimation of item and respondent locations from unfolding-type items

Psychometrika

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 257-279

  Johnson, Matthew S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude scaling; Ideal point models; Nonparametric item response theory; Thurstone scaling; Unfolding response models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746363819     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-003-1098-9     Document Type: Article

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