Why Ordinal Variables Can (Almost) Always Be Treated as Continuous Variables: Clarifying Assumptions of Robust Continuous and Ordinal Factor Analysis Estimation Methods
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Education
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2504-284X
DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2020.589965