An importance sampling em algorithm for latent regression models

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-251

  Von Davier, Matthias ^a   Sinharay, Sandip ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Latent regression; NAEP; Stochastic integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948866280     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998607300422     Document Type: Article

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