A Bayesian generalized multiple group IRT model with model-fit assessment tools

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4399-4412

  Azevedo, Caio L N ^a   Andrade, Dalton F ^b   Fox, Jean Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian residual analysis; Gibbs sampling; Multiple groups; Posterior; Predictive checking

Indexed keywords

GIBBS SAMPLING; MULTIPLE-GROUP; POSTERIOR; PREDICTIVE CHECKING; RESIDUAL ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84864122077     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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