Rasch analysis for instrument development: Why,when,and how?

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Boone, William J ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84996538705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.16-04-0148     Document Type: Article

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