Functionally Unidimensional Item Response Models for Multivariate Binary Data

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 534-562

  Ip, Edward H ^a   Molenberghs, Geert ^b   Chen, Shyh Huei ^a   Goegebeur, Yuri ^c   De Boeck, Paul ^b,d  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84880929225     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2013.796281     Document Type: Article

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