Locally dependent linear logistic test model with person covariates

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 555-569

  Ip, Edward H ^a   Smits, Dirk J M ^b   De Boeck, Paul ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Laboratory of Cardiorespiratory Physiology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Index terms: Item response theory; Item attribute; Item cluster; Linear logistic test model; Local item dependence; Person covariate; Testlet

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350048893     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621608326424     Document Type: Article

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