22 Nonparametric Item Response Theory and Special Topics

Handbook of Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue , 2006, Pages 719-746

  Sijtsma, Klaas ^a   Meijer, Rob R ^a  

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EID: 67649386891     PISSN: 01697161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7161(06)26022-X     Document Type: Review

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