Conditional covariance theory and detect for polytomous items

Psychometrika

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-91

  Zhang, Jinming ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimensionality; Item response theory (IRT); Multidimensional item response theory (MIRT); Multidimensionality; PolyDETECT

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250846424     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-004-1257-7     Document Type: Article

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