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Download full textBudescu, David V.; And Others – 1994
Modified Parallel Analysis (MPA) is a heuristic method for assessing "approximate unidimensionality" of item pools. It compares the second eigenvalue of the observed correlation matrix with the corresponding eigenvalue extracted from a "parallel" matrix generated by a unidimensional and locally independent model. Revised…
Descriptors: Equations (Mathematics), Heuristics, Item Analysis, Item Banks
