Multidimensional item response theory parameter estimation with nonsimple structure items

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-82

  Finch, Holmes ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

multidimensional IRT; NOHARM; nonsimple structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650695729     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621610367787     Document Type: Article

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