Analyzing psychopathology items: A case for nonparametric item response theory modeling

Psychological Methods

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 354-368

  Meijer, Rob R ^a   Baneke, Joost J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL DISEASE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MMPI; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 4344617663     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.9.3.354     Document Type: Review

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