Comparing factor analysis and the Rasch model for ordered response categories: An investigation of the scale of gambling choices

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 398-418

  Kyngdon, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Educational Assessment Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMBLING; RASCH ANALYSIS; RASCH MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STUDENTS;

CURRICULA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 7444251215     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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