A Confirmatory Analysis of Item Reliability Trends (CAIRT): Differentiating true score and error variance in the analysis of item context effects

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-183

  Hartig, Johannes ^a   Hölzel, Britta ^b   Moosbrugger, Helfried ^c  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 34547396382     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273170701341266     Document Type: Article

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