Small sample estimation in dichotomous item response models: Effect of priors based on judgmental information on the accuracy of item parameter estimates

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-51

  Swaminathan, Hariharan ^a   Hambleton, Ronald K ^a   Sireci, Stephen G ^a   Xing, Dehui ^a,b   Rizavi, Saba M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Information Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; IRT item parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037247363     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621602239475     Document Type: Article

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