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This note contains some remarks on Ligtvoet’s (Psychometrika, 77:479–494, 2012) treatment of the isotonic partial credit model. The Proposition relating to the observable property MWI is shown to be false.
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Ligtvoet, R. Remarks and a Correction of Ligtvoet’s Treatment of the Isotonic Partial Credit Model. Psychometrika 80, 514–515 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-013-9397-2
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