On the loss of information in conditional maximum likelihood estimation of item parameters

Psychometrika

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 337-362

  Eggen, Theo J H M ^a  

^a Cito group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conditional maximum likelihood; F information; Item parameter estimation; Loss of information; Rasch models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034345481     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02296150     Document Type: Article

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