Parameter Estimation in Latent Trait Models.

Rigdon, Steven E.; Tsutakawa, Robert K.

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Publication Date: 1983

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Parameter Estimation in Latent Trait Models.

Rigdon, Steven E.; Tsutakawa, Robert K.

Psychometrika, v48 n4 p567-74 Dec 1983

Latent trait test models for responses to dichotomously scored items are considered from the point of view of parameter estimation using a Bayesian statistical approach and the EM estimation algorithm. An example using the Rasch model is presented. (Author/JKS)

Descriptors: Algorithms, Bayesian Statistics, Estimation (Mathematics), Latent Trait Theory, Mathematical Models

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Language: English

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