A Study of Alternative Approaches to Non-normal Latent Trait Distributions in Item Response Theory Models Used for Health Outcome Measurement

Overview

Journal Stat Methods Med Res

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialties Public Health
Science

Date 2020 Mar 12

PMID 32156195

Citations 7

Authors

Niels Smits

Oguzhan Ogreden

Mauricio Garnier-Villarreal

Caroline B Terwee

R Philip Chalmers

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