Conjoint Measurement, Error and the Rasch Model: A Reply to Michell, and Borsboom and Zand Scholten

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-131

  Kyngdon, Andrew ^a  

^a METAMETRICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

biorder; conjoint measurement; Guttman model; measurement error; Rasch model

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449111505     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354307086927     Document Type: Article

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