Comparison of four IRT models when analyzing two tests for inductive reasoning

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 302-320

  De Koning, Els ^a   Sijtsma, Klaas ^b   Jo Hamers, H M ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Double monotonicity model; Goodness of fit in IRT; IRT model comparison; Monotone homogeneity model; Nonparametric item response models; One parameter logistic model; Parametric item response models; Rasch model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036375217     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621602026003005     Document Type: Article

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