Consistent estimation in the Rasch model based on nonparametric margins

DOI10.1007/BF02294407zbMath0718.62266MaRDI QIDQ2639582

Dean A. Follmann

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

consistency; EM algorithm; nonparametric; identifiability; Rasch model; item analysis; latent ability; marginal logistic models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62F12: Asymptotic properties of parametric estimators

62G05: Nonparametric estimation

62F10: Point estimation

62P15: Applications of statistics to psychology

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