Quantifying Local, Response Dependence Between Two Polytomous Items Using the Rasch Model

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 309-324

  Andrich, David ^a   Humphry, Stephen M ^a   Marais, Ida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

halo; local independence; performance assessment; polytomous Rasch model; response dependence; writing assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862610768     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621612441858     Document Type: Article

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