Hierarchical multinomial processing tree models: A latent-trait approach

Psychometrika

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-98

  Klauer, Karl Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gibbs sampler; Hierarchical models; Multinomial processing tree models

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950067348     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-009-9141-0     Document Type: Article

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