On Lagrange Multiplier Tests in Multidimensional Item Response Theory: Information Matrices and Model Misspecification
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عنوان ژورنال: Educational and Psychological Measurement
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0013-1644,1552-3888
DOI: 10.1177/0013164417714506