Cluster analysis for cognitive diagnosis: Theory and applications

Psychometrika

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 633-665

  Chiu, Chia Yi ^a   Douglas, Jeffrey A ^b   Li, Xiaodong ^c  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Cognitive diagnosis; Latent class analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949264952     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-009-9125-0     Document Type: Article

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