Multilevel, two-parameter, and random-weights generalizations of a model with internal restrictions on item difficulty

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-65

  Wang, Wen Chung ^a   Jin, Kuan Yu ^b  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Item response theory; Latent regression; Multilevel model; Nonlinear mixed model; Rasch measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849125984     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621608329505     Document Type: Article

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