Applying a weighted maximum likelihood latent trait estimator to the tests composed of both dichotomous and polytomous items

MaRDI QIDQ4980957zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Xuemei Xue, Xiangbin Meng

Publication date 30 June 2014

zbMATH Keywords

maximum likelihood estimationitem response theorypolytomous itemsweighted likelihood estimationdichotomous itemsmixed-type models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Point estimation (62F10) Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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