An "unfolding" latent variable model for likert attitude data: Drawing inferences adjusted for response style

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 478, 2007, Pages 454-463

  Javaras, Kristin N ^a   Ripley, Brian D ^b  

^a Boston University Medical Campus   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude measurement; Hierarchical model; Item response theory; Latent trait; Latent variable; Scale usage heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250788021     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214506000000960     Document Type: Article

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