Checking the Appropriateness of Item Response Theory Models by Predicting the Distribution of Observed Scores: The Program EO-Fit.

Ferrando, Pere J.; Lorenzo-Seva, Urbano

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ERIC Number: EJ640211

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Publication Date: 2001

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Checking the Appropriateness of Item Response Theory Models by Predicting the Distribution of Observed Scores: The Program EO-Fit.

Ferrando, Pere J.; Lorenzo-Seva, Urbano

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v61 n5 p895-902 Oct 2001

Describes a Windows program for checking the suitability of unidimensional logistic item response models for binary and ordered polytomous responses with respect to a given set of data. The program is based on predicting the observed test score distributions from the item characteristic curves. (SLD)

Descriptors: Computer Software, Item Response Theory, Mathematical Models, Prediction, Scores, Statistical Distributions

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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