A unified approach to IRT scale linking and scale transformations

Methodology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 115-124

  von Davier, Matthias ^a   von Davier, Alina A ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Item response models; Lagrange multipliers; Maximization procedures; Nonequivalent groups with anchor test design; Nonlinear restrictions; Scale transformation; Test linking

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949096760     PISSN: 16141881     EISSN: 16142241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-2241.3.3.115     Document Type: Article

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