Mokken scale analysis for dichotomous items using marginal models

Psychometrika

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-208

  Van Der Ark, L Andries ^a   Croon, Marcel A ^a   Sijtsma, Klaas ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Marginal models; Mokken scale analysis; Scalability coefficients; Test construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649180467     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-007-9034-z     Document Type: Article

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