Robust mokken scale analysis by means of the forward search algorithm for outlier detection

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-89

  Zijlstra, Wobbe P ^a   van der Ark, L Andries ^a   Sijtsma, Klaas ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79951804660     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2011.544227     Document Type: Article

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