A comparison of parameter covariance estimation methods for item response models in an expectation-maximization framework

The Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm is a method for finding the maximum likelihood estimate of a model in the presence of missing data. Unfortunately, EM does not produce a parameter covariance matrix for standard errors. Both Oakes and Supplemented EM are methods for obtaining the parameter...

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Main Author: Joshua N. Pritikin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-12-01
Series:Cogent Psychology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2017.1279435