The ambiguous utility of psychometrics for the interpretative foundation of socially relevant avatars

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 810-822

  Vautier, Stéphane ^a   Veldhuis, Michiel ^a   Lacot, Émilie ^a   Matton, Nadine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b ENAC   (France)

Author keywords

assessment; classical test theory; item response modeling; measurement; psychometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870017165     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: 14617447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354312450093     Document Type: Article

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