Bridging psychometrics and survey methodology: Can mixed rasch models identify socially desirable reporting behavior?

Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 257-282

  Mneimneh, Zeina N ^a   Heeringa, Steven G ^a   Tourangeau, Roger ^a   Elliott, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Item response theory; Latent class variables; Measurement error; Social conformity; World mental health survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013845854     PISSN: 23250984     EISSN: 23250992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jssam/smu008     Document Type: Article

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