A flexible latent trait model for response times in tests

Psychometrika

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-47

  Ranger, Jochen ^a   Kuhn, Jorg Tobias ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

accelerated failure time model; proportional hazard model; response time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155189052     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-011-9231-7     Document Type: Article

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