Weighting procedures for robust ability estimation in item response theory

Methods of ability parameter estimation in educational testing are subject to the biases inherent in various estimation procedures. This is especially true in the case of tests whose properties do not meet the asymptotic assumptions of estimation procedures like Maximum Likelihood Estimation. The it...

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Main Author: Skorupski, William P
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2004
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3152744