Estimation of a four-parameter item response theory model

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 509-525

  Loken, Eric ^a   Rulison, Kelly L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77957889263     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711009X474502     Document Type: Article

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