Estimating the standard error of the maximum likelihood ability estimator in adaptive testing using the posterior-weighted test information function

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 958-975

  Penfield, Randall D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized adaptive testing; Information functions; Item response theory; Maximum likelihood estimation; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148980400     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164407301544     Document Type: Article

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