Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Polyserial Correlations
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychometrika
- Vol. 51 (1) , 113-121
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02294004
Abstract
This paper considers a multivariate normal model with one of the component variables observable only in polytomous form. The maximum likelihood approach is used for estimation of the parameters in the model. The Newton-Raphson algorithm is implemented to obtain the solution of the problem. Examples based on real and simulated data are reported.Keywords
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