Stable response functions with unstable item parameter estimates

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-254

  Ogasawara, Haruhiko ^a  

^a OTARU UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymptotic standard errors; Efficiency; Item response theory linking; Item test response functions; Item test score information functions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036373735     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621602026003001     Document Type: Article

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