Analyzing Multiple-Item Measures of Crime and Deviance I: Item Response Theory Scaling

Multiple-item measures of self-reported offending typically provide the principal outcome measures for individual level research on the causes of crime and deviance. This article directs attention to the substantial problems presented by the task of forming composite scores for these measures, and i...

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Authors:	Osgood, D. Wayne (Author) ; McMorris, Barbara J. (Author) ; Potenza, Maria T. (Author)
Format:	Electronic Article
Language:	English
Published:	2002
In:	Journal of quantitative criminology Year: 2002, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 267-296
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Keywords:	Measurement self-reported measures of offending summative scaling Item Response Theory