An iterative maximum a posteriori estimation of proficiency level to detect multiple local likelihood maxima

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-89

  Magis, David ^a   Raîche, Gilles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Iterative MAP; Logistic model; Maximum likelihood; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649264486     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621609336540     Document Type: Article

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