Applied Psychological Measurement
1990 Volume 14, Number 3
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 3
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Rasch Models in Latent Classes: An Integration of Two Approaches to Item Analysis
Jurgen Rost
Combining Rasch and latent class models is presented as a way to overcome deficiencies and retain the positive features of both. An estimation algorithm is outlined, providing conditional maximum... More
pp. 271-82
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Sensitivity of Marginal Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Item and Ability Parameters to the Characteristics of the Prior Ability Distributions
Tae-Je Seong
The sensitivity of marginal maximum likelihood estimation of item and ability (theta) parameters was examined when prior ability distributions were not matched to underlying ability distributions. ... More
pp. 299-311
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Effect of Scale Adjustment on the Comparison of Item and Ability Parameters
Michelle Liou
The effect of scale selection on error in calibrating item and ability parameters was investigated, with particular reference to the standardized mean-squared difference (SMSD) statistic. Through... More
pp. 313-21