On the Bock-Aitkin procedure -- from an EM algorithm perspective

DOI10.1007/BF02296345zbMATH Open1291.62214OpenAlexW2018920247MaRDI QIDQ2250653FDOQ2250653

Authors: Yaowen Hsu 

Publication date: 18 July 2014

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02296345

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zbMATH Keywords

EM algorithmitem response theorymarginal maximum likelihood estimationBock-Aitkin procedure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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