Psychometrics

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 418-422

  Borsboom, Denny ^a   Molenaar, Dylan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classical test theory; Item response theory; Latent variable models; Mathematical psychology; Measurement; Philosophy of science; Psychometrics; Reliability; Statistics; Testing; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940522217     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.43079-5     Document Type: Chapter

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