Multidimensional item analysis of ability factors in spatial test items

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1003-1012

  Ullstadius, Eva ^a   Carlstedt, Berit ^b   Gustafsson, Jan Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Item analysis; Multidimensionality; Spatial test; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344674337     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2003.11.009     Document Type: Article

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