Ramsay curve IRT for likert-type data

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-212

  Woods, Carol M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density estimation; Distributional assumptions; Item response theory; Nonnormality; Ramsay curve IRT; RC IRT

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247609204     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621606291567     Document Type: Article

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