Applications of the Rasch model to evaluation of survey data quality

New Directions for Evaluation

Volumn 1996, Issue 70, 1996, Pages 81-92

  Green, Kathy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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EID: 84937281543     PISSN: 10976736     EISSN: 1534875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ev.1036     Document Type: Article

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