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McDonald, Roderick P. – 1982
This paper provides an up-to-date review of the relationship between item response theory (IRT) and (nonlinear) common factor theory and draws out of this relationship some implications for current and future research in IRT. Nonlinear common factor analysis yields a natural embodiment of the weak principle of local independence in appropriate…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Higher Education, Item Analysis, Latent Trait Theory
