Measure for measure: New developments in measurement and item response theory

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 180-186

  Streiner, David L ^a,b  

^a Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classical test theory; Item response theory; Psychometrics; Test construction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; RESPONSE VARIABLE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 77950401672     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371005500310     Document Type: Article

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