A deep learning algorithm for high-dimensional exploratory item factor analysis

DOI10.1007/s11336-021-09748-3zbMath1476.62250arXiv2001.07859OpenAlexW3129001966MaRDI QIDQ823855

Daniel J. Bauer, Christopher J. Urban

Publication date: 16 December 2021

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.07859

zbMATH Keywords

item response theoryimportance samplingartificial neural networkvariational inferencedeep learninglatent variable modelingcategorical factor analysisimportance weighted autoencodervariational autoencoder

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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