A mixed effects randomized item response model

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-415

  Fox, J P ^a   Wyrick, Cheryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Tanglewood Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Item response theory model; MCMC; Mixed effects; Randomized response data

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049144428     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998607306451     Document Type: Article

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