Estimation of IRT Graded Response Models: Limited Versus Full Information Methods

Psychological Methods

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-299

  Forero, Carlos G ^a   Maydeu Olivares, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

limited information estimation; ordinal factor analysis; two parameter logistic model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70249116454     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015825     Document Type: Article

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