Effects of Estimation Methods on Making Trait-Level Inferences From Ordered Categorical Items for Assessing Psychopathology

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-62

  Dumenci, Levent ^a   Achenbach, Thomas M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Likert scales; measurement models; psychopathology; trait score estimation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 40949125621     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.20.1.55     Document Type: Article

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