On the relationship between item response theory and factor analysis of discretized variables (Q1093297)
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On the relationship between item response theory and factor analysis of discretized variables (English)
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1987
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Equivalence of marginal likelihood of the two-parameter normal ogive model in item response theory (IRT) and factor analysis of dichotomized variables (FA) was formally proved. The basic result on the dichotomous variables was extended to multicategory cases, both ordered and unordered categorical data. Pair comparison data arising from multiple-judgment sampling were discussed as a special case of the unordered categorical data. A taxonomy of data for the IRT and FA models was also attempted.
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marginal maximum likelihood estimation
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Equivalence of marginal likelihood
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two-parameter normal ogive model
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item response theory
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IRT
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factor analysis of dichotomized variables
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FA
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dichotomous variables
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multicategory cases
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ordered and unordered categorical data
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Pair comparison data
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multiple-judgment sampling
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