The Rasch Model and Conjoint Measurement Theory from the Perspective of Psychometrics

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-117

  Borsboom, Denny ^a   Scholten, Annemarie Zand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

measurement theory; probability; psychometrics; Rasch model; representationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449121267     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354307086925     Document Type: Article

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