Order-Constrained Bayes Inference for Dichotomous Models of Unidimensional Nonparametric IRT

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 110-125

  Karabatsos, George ^a   Sheu, Ching Fan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Inequality constraints; Nonparametric item response theory; Order restricted inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542291364     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621603260678     Document Type: Article

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