Using Stan to implement Bayesian parameter estimation of IRT models

DOI10.16357/J.CNKI.ISSN1000-5862.2020.03.12MaRDI QIDQ3385863zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Siyang Liu, Yan Cai

Publication date 14 January 2021

zbMATH Keywords

item response theoryBayesian estimationHamiltonian Monte Carlo algorithm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for problems pertaining to statistics (62-08) Point estimation (62F10) Bayesian inference (62F15) Theory of programming languages (68N15)

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• py-irt: A Scalable Item Response Theory Library for Python

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Uses Software

• rstan
• Stan
• R

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