Efficient Nonparametric Approaches for Estimating the Operating Characteristics of Discrete Item Responses.

Samejima, Fumiko

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Publication Date: 1998

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Efficient Nonparametric Approaches for Estimating the Operating Characteristics of Discrete Item Responses.

Samejima, Fumiko

Psychometrika, v63 n2 p111-30 Jun 1998

Introduces and discusses the rationale and procedures of two nonparametric approaches to estimating the operating characteristic of a discrete item response, or the conditional probability, given the latent trait, that the examinee's response be that specific response. (SLD)

Descriptors: Ability, Estimation (Mathematics), Item Response Theory, Maximum Likelihood Statistics, Nonparametric Statistics, Probability

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Note: Research supported by the Office of Naval Research through grants N00014-77-C-0360, N00014-81-C-0569, N00014-87-K-0320, and N00014-90-J-1456.