Constructing a transitive reasoning test for 6- To 13-year-old children

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 225-232

  Bouwmeester, Samantha ^a   Sijtsma, Klaas ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developmental scale; Item response theory; Mokken scale analysis; Task characteristics; Transitive reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750993450     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.22.4.225     Document Type: Article

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