Bayesian estimation of a multilevel IRT model using Gibbs sampling

Psychometrika

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 271-288

  Fox, Jean Paul ^a   Glas, Cees A W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bayes estimates; Gibbs sampler; Item response theory (IRT); Markov chain Monte Carlo; Multilevel model; Two parameter normal ogive model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035534930     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02294839     Document Type: Article

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