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- 18
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- 4
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- 447-460
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Karon F. Cook,
Michael A. Kallen,
Dagmar Amtmann
(2009).
Having a fit: impact of number of items and distribution of data on traditional criteria for assessing IRT’s unidimensionality assumption.
Quality of Life Research
, 18
(4)
, 447-460.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-009-9464-4
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- 10.1007/s11136-009-9464-4