Full-Information Item Factor Analysis

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 261-280

  Bock, R Darrell ^a   Gibbons, Robert ^b   Muraki, Eiji ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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

^c National Opinion Research Center   (United States)

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EID: 84965848018     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014662168801200305     Document Type: Article

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