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de la Torre, Jimmy; Patz, Richard J. – 2002
It is not unusual for several tests measuring different abilities to be given in one test administration. A common practice is to estimate these abilities independently of each other, but this paper proposes a more efficient method of estimating these abilities that takes into account the correlational structure of the abilities. The method uses a…
Descriptors: Ability, Bayesian Statistics, Estimation (Mathematics), Item Response Theory
Sadek, Ramses F.; Huberty, Carl J. – 1994
This study presents an overview of Monte Carlo studies in discriminant analysis. Some common questions about the use of Monte Carlo techniques are answered through a brief literature review of articles on discriminant analysis in which Monte Carlo methods are used. The articles cover many research points, such as comparing error rate estimates,…
Descriptors: Discriminant Analysis, Estimation (Mathematics), Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries


