Robust estimation of latent ability in item response models

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 720-735

  Schuster, Christof ^a   Yuan, Ke Hai ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

ability estimation; BILOG; item response theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455186432     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998610396890     Document Type: Article

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