Effects of statistical models and items difficulties on making trait-level inferences: A simulation study

Researchers dealing with the task of estimating locations of individuals on continuous latent variables may rely on several statistical models described in the literature. However, weighting costs and benefits of using one specific model over alternative models depends on empirical information that...

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Main Authors: Nelson Hauck Filho, Wagner de Lara Machado, Bruno Figueiredo Damásio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2014-12-01
Series:Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722014000400670&lng=en&tlng=en