Some critical observations of the test information function as a measure of local accuracy in ability estimation

DOI10.1007/BF02296127zbMATH Open0830.62096OpenAlexW2058739162MaRDI QIDQ1901347FDOQ1901347

Authors: Fumiko Samejima 

Publication date: 8 November 1995

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02296127

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zbMATH Keywords

tablesmaximum likelihood estimationbiasitem response theorydichotomous responseslatent trait modelsability estimationmeasure of accuracyconstant information modelsimulated datacomputerized adaptive testsconstant amounts of test informationdiscrete item responsestest information function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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