Random item IRT models

Psychometrika

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 533-559

  De Boeck, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

DIF; Generalizability; LLTM; Measurement; Random effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949223903     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-008-9092-x     Document Type: Article

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