Nonparametric item response theory using Stata

Stata Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-51

  Hardouin, Jean Benoit ^a   Bonnaud Antignac, Angélique ^a   Sébille, Véronique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Gengroup; Guttman errors; Item response theory; Items trace lines; Loevh; Loevinger coefficients; Mokken scales; Msp; St0216; Tracelines

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952940139     PISSN: 1536867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1536867x1101100102     Document Type: Article

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