Nonparametric Bayesian modelling for item response

Statistical Modelling

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-66

  Duncan, Kristin A ^a   MacEachern, Steven N ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirichlet process; Item response theory; Latent trait distribution; Monotone item response curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049088012     PISSN: 1471082X     EISSN: 14770342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471082X0700800104     Document Type: Article

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