Estimating parameters of dichotomous and ordinal item response models with gllamm

Stata Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-333

  Zheng, Xiaohui ^a   Rabe Hesketh, Sophia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive quadrature; Generalized linear latent and mixed model; Gllamm; Gllapred; Item response theory; Latent regression; Latent variables; Partial credit model; Rasch model; Rating scale model; st0129

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849058196     PISSN: 1536867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1536867x0700700302     Document Type: Article

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