Identification of a Semiparametric Item Response Model

Psychometrika

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-243

  Peress, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

item response theory; nonparametric identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858450637     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-012-9253-9     Document Type: Article

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