Using the rasch model to assess a university service on the basis of student opinions

Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry

Volumn 24, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 459-470

  Aiello, Fabio ^a   Capursi, Vincenza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Latent concept; Perceived quality; Quality evaluation; Rasch model

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS; STUDENTS;

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES; CRITICAL ANALYSES; DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING; GLOBAL QUALITIES; LATENT CONCEPT; LENGTH OF STAYS; PERCEIVED QUALITIES; PERCEIVED QUALITY; QUALITY EVALUATION; RASCH MODEL; RASCH MODELS; SERVICE QUALITIES; UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

EID: 55349085752     PISSN: 15241904     EISSN: 15264025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asmb.730     Document Type: Conference Paper

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