Quantifying response dependence between two dichotomous items using the Rasch model

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-192

  Andrich, David ^a   Kreiner, Svend ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Local independence; Rasch model; Response dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951984974     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621609360202     Document Type: Article

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