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

zbMATH Keywords

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

Uses Software

• NOHARM

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