Nonparametric estimation of item response functions using the EM algorithm

Bock and Aitkin (1981) developed an EM algorithm for the maximum marginal likelihood estimation of parametric item response curves, such that these estimates could be obtained in the absence of the estimation of examinee parameters. Using functional data analytic techniques described by Ramsay and S...

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Main Author: Rossi, Natasha T.
Other Authors: Ramsay, James O. (advisor)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 2001
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Online Access:http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=32939