Describing the elephant: Structure and function in multivariate data

DOI10.1007/BF02295591zbMath0623.62104OpenAlexW2094850277MaRDI QIDQ1091731

Roderick P. McDonald

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02295591

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item response theorynonlinear modelsmultivariate analysisregressioncomponentsoptimal scalingtest theorygeneralizability theoryexploratory nonlinear factor analysislinear structural relationsstructural and functional relationsweighting theory

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