Some theoretical and applied results concerning item response theory model estimation

It has long been part of the Item Response Theory (IRT) folklore that under the usual empirical Bayes unidimensional IRT modeling approach, the posterior distribution of examinee ability given test response is approximately normal for a long test. Under very general non-parametric assumptions, we make this claim rigorous for a broad class of latent models.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Statistics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Chang, Hua-Hua

Contributors dc:contributor

• Stout, William F.

• Statistics
• Psychology, Psychometrics

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1992 Chang, Hua-Hua

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9236416
(UMI)AAI9236416

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20739