Evaluation of measurement precision with Rasch-type models: The case of the short Generalized Opinion Leadership Scale

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-58

  Gnambs, Timo ^a   Batinic, Bernad ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Item response theory; Measurement error; Opinion leadership; Partial credit model; Repeated measurement design; Transient error

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957908838     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.08.021     Document Type: Article

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