Stochastic EM for estimating the parameters of a multilevel IRT model

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-81

  Fox, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SAMPLING STUDIES; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0037780478     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711003321645340     Document Type: Article

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