A comparison of traditional and IRT factor analysis.

This study investigated the item parameter recovery of two methods of factor analysis. The methods researched were a traditional factor analysis of tetrachoric correlation coefficients and an IRT approach to factor analysis which utilizes marginal maximum likelihood estimation using an EM algorithm...

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Main Author: Kay, Cheryl Ann
Other Authors: Schumacker, Randall E.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of North Texas 2004
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Online Access:https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4695/