Some Consequences of the Uncertainty in IRT Linking Procedures [electronic resource] / Kathleen M. Sheehan and Robert J. Mislevy.

In many practical applications of item response theory, the parameters of overlapping subsets of test items are estimated from different samples of examinees. A linking procedure is then employed to place the resulting item parameter estimates onto a common scale. It is standard practice to ignore t...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Sheehan, Kathleen M.
Corporate Author:	Educational Testing Service
Other Authors:	Mislevy, Robert J.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1988.
Subjects:	Error of Measurement. Estimation (Mathematics) Item Response Theory. Measurement Techniques. Scaling. Statistical Inference. Test Items.