Multiple imputation for item scores when test data are facto factorially complex

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 315-337

  Van Ginkel, Joost R ^a,b   Van Der Ark, L Andries ^a   Sijtsma, Klaas ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 36549058668     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711006X117574     Document Type: Article

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