TY - BOOK AU - Schuur,Wijbrandt van TI - Ordinal item response theory: Mokken scale analysis T2 - Quantitative applications in the social sciences SN - 9781412988049 (pbk.) U1 - 001.42 PY - 2011/// CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE KW - Social sciences KW - Methodology KW - Research N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The Guttman Scale Chapter 3. The Imperfect Cumulative Scale Chapter 4. Confirmation or Exploration Chapter 5. An Example of a Cumulative Scale: American Religious Beliefs Chapter 6. The Probabilistic Dominance Model: Monotone Homogeneity Chapter 7. The Probabilistic Dominance Model: Double Monotonicity Chapter 8. Cumulative Scaling with Polytomous Items Chapter 9. Remaining Issues REFERENCES Appendix: The null-distribution of the H-coefficient Appendix: Preventing capitalizing on chance Appendix: Calculation of Reliability ER -