Outlier detection in test and questionnaire data

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 531-555

  Zijlstra, Wobbe P ^a   Van Der Ark, L Andries ^a   Sijtsma, Klaas ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 36049010142     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273170701384340     Document Type: Article

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