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Peer reviewedYen, Wendy M. – Psychometrika, 1985
An approximate relationship is devised between the unidimensional model used in data analysis and a multidimensional model hypothesized to be generating the item responses. Scale shrinkage is successfully predicted for several sets of simulated data. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Hypothesis Testing, Item Analysis, Latent Trait Theory
