Estimating latent distributions (Q760746)
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Estimating latent distributions (English)
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1984
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Consider vectors of item responses obtained from a sample of subjects from a population in which ability \(\theta\) is distributed with density g(\(\theta\) \(| \alpha)\), where the \(\alpha\) are unknown parameters. Assuming the responses depend on \(\theta\) through a fully specified item response model, this paper presents maximum likelihood equations for the estimation of the population parameters directly from the observed responses; i.e., without estimating an ability parameter for each subject. Also provided are asymptotic standard errors and tests of fit, computing approximations, and details of four special cases: a non- parametric approximation, a normal solution, a resolution of normal components, and a beta-binomial solution.
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latent distributions
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EM algorithm
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empirical Bayes estimation
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Gaussian resolution
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item response model
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maximum likelihood
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asymptotic standard errors
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tests of fit
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approximations
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normal solution
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resolution of normal components
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beta-binomial solution
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