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Peer reviewedBaker, Frank B. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1993
Using simulation, the effect that misspecification of elements in the weight matrix has on estimates of basic parameters of the linear logistic test model was studied. Results indicate that, because specifying elements of the weight matrix is a subjective process, it must be done with great care. (SLD)
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Estimation (Mathematics), Item Response Theory, Matrices
