Statistical inference based on latent ability estimates

Psychometrika

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 313-330

  Hoijtink, Herbert ^a   Boomsma, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bayes modal; Item response theory; Latent ability estimates; Latent regression; Maximum likelihood; True score theory; Weighted maximum likelihood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030502558     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02294342     Document Type: Article

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