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Thirteen good reasons for applying the Rasch model to human data - Trevor G. Bond & Christine M. Fox (2001). Applying the Rasch model: Fundamental measurement in the human sciences. (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ISBN hardback: 0-8058-3476-1; ISBN paperback 0-8058-4252-7 Price: Australian Price: $59.35 (AUD) $65.28 (AUD) including GST Distribution: DADirect; www.dadirect.com.au; Phone: 61 3 9210 7777; Fax: 61 3 9210 7788 Book website: http://www.jcu.edu.au/∼edtgb

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Peter Grimbeek*
Affiliation:
Griffith University

Abstract

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Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1987

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