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Peer reviewedLin, Miao-Hsiang; Hsiung, Chao A. – Psychometrika, 1994
Two simple empirical approximate Bayes estimators are introduced for estimating domain scores under binomial and hypergeometric distributions respectively. Criteria are established regarding use of these functions over maximum likelihood estimation counterparts. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Computation, Equations (Mathematics)
