Statistical estimation of word acquisition with application to readability prediction

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 106, Issue 493, 2011, Pages 21-30

  Kidwell, Paul ^a   Lebanon, Guy ^b   Collins Thompson, Kevyn ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Rasch model; Readability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954538770     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jasa.2010.ap09318     Document Type: Article

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