An application of item response theory to psychological test development

Abstract Item response theory (IRT) has become a popular methodological framework for modeling response data from assessments in education and health; however, its use is not widespread among psychologists. This paper aims to provide a didactic application of IRT and to highlight some of these advan...

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Main Authors: Cristian Zanon, Claudio S. Hutz, Hanwook (Henry) Yoo, Ronald K. Hambleton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-01-01
Series:Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722016000103114&lng=en&tlng=en