The basics of item response theory using R /
This graduate-level textbook is a tutorial for item response theory that covers both the basics of item response theory and the use of R for preparing graphical presentation in writings about the theory. Item response theory has become one of the most powerful tools used in test construction, yet on...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
[2017]
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| Series: | Statistics for social and behavioral sciences,
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Getting Started
- 1. The Item Characteristic Curve
- 2. Item Characteristic Curve Models
- 3. Estimating Item Parameters
- 4. The Test Characteristic Curve
- 5. Estimating an Examinee's Ability
- 6. The Information Function
- 7. Test Calibration
- 8. Specifying the Characteristics of a Test
- Appendix A: R Introduction
- Appendix B: Estimating Item Parameters under the Two-Parameter Model with Logistic Regression
- Appendix C: Putting the Three Tests on a Common Ability Scale: Test Equating
- References
- Index.
