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Peer reviewedFerrando, Pere J. – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1996
The usefulness of the confirmatory factor analysis model of D. Sorbom (1974) to estimate invariant difficulty and discrimination item parameters on a personality scale was supported in a study using responses of 834 undergraduates to the Social Worry Scale of the Anxious Thoughts Inventory (A. Wells, 1994). (SLD)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Difficulty Level, Estimation (Mathematics), Higher Education
