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In the evaluation of university quality, questionnaires with multi-item scales (Likert type) are often used in order to measure specific characteristics which are known to be relevant for the evaluation. The joint distribution of multiple responses provides a complete information in order to attach an overall measure of perceived quality to each student.
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Sulis, I., Porcu, M. (2011). Assessing the Quality of the Management of Degree Programs by Latent Class Analysis. In: Attanasio, M., Capursi, V. (eds) Statistical Methods for the Evaluation of University Systems. Contributions to Statistics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2375-2_11
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