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The linear transformation model with frailties for the analysis of item response times
Article first published online: 17 APR 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8317.2012.02045.x
© 2012 The British Psychological Society
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British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology
Volume 66, Issue 1, pages 144–168, February 2013
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Wang, C., Chang, H.-H. and Douglas, J. A. (2013), The linear transformation model with frailties for the analysis of item response times. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 66: 144–168. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8317.2012.02045.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 17 JAN 2013
- Article first published online: 17 APR 2012
- Received 24 June 2011; revised version received 30 January 2012
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