Investigating latent constructs with item response models: A MATLAB IRTm toolbox

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1127-1137

  Braeken, Johan ^a,b,c   Tuerlinckx, Francis ^d  

^a Department of Methodology and Statistics ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Cito group   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 74949140242     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.41.4.1127     Document Type: Article

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