Understanding the unit in the Rasch model

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-264

  Humphry, Stephen M ^a   Andrich, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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ARTICLE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 50249126010     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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