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The marginal maximum likelihood estimation method was used to develop the algorithm for a computer program which estimates parameters of IRT, mixture proportions and vectors of conditional probabilities of correct responses for the latent classes. Several types of latent class models are considered, including both more traditional models as well as the model that uses person characteristic curves. To evaluate the accuracy of the algorithm and also the computer program itself, several simulation data sets were generated. The comparison of estimated parameter values and the original values shows that the model parameters are accurately estimated, in particular, IRT item parameters estimation was found to be robust to the wrong specification of the latent class type.","Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-15T18:51:49Z (GMT). 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