Latent transition analysis with a mixture item response theory measurement model

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 483-504

  Cho, Sun Joo ^a   Cohen, Allan S ^b   Kim, Seock Ho ^b   Bottge, Brian ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

latent transition analysis; mixture IRT model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956327658     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621610362978     Document Type: Article

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