A Semiparametric Model for Jointly Analyzing Response Times and Accuracy in Computerized Testing

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 381-417

  Wang, Chun ^a   Fan, Zhewen ^b,c   Chang, Hua Hua ^d   Douglas, Jeffrey A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Precision Therapeutics Inc ^*  (United States)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cox proportional hazards model; Markov chain Monte Carlo; partial likelihood; response time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879973270     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998612461831     Document Type: Article

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