MultiLCIRT: An R package for multidimensional latent class item response models

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 971-985

  Bartolucci, Francesco ^a   Bacci, Silvia ^a   Gnaldi, Michela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; HADS data; Model based clustering; NAEP data

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION; EM ALGORITHMS; EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; HADS DATA; HIER-ARCHICAL CLUSTERING; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; MODEL-BASED CLUSTERING; NAEP DATA;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA HANDLING;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84889080831     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2013.05.018     Document Type: Article

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