Detecting item bias with the Rasch model

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 430-449

  Smith, Richard M ^a,b  

^a Data Recognition Corporation   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTEL-HAENSZEL APPROACH; RASCH MODEL; TRUE-SCORE MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; EDUCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; STUDENTS;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

APTITUDE TEST; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

APTITUDE TESTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EDUCATION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 7444256822     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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