Item response theory for psychologists

The purpose of this book is to explain item response theory (IRT) to a primarily psychological audience that is familiar with small-scale cognitive and personality measures or that wants to use IRT to analyze scales used in their own research. Herein, familiar psychological concepts, issues, and exa...

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Glavni autor: Embretson, Susan E. (-)
Ostali autori: Reise, Steven P. (-)
Vrsta građe: Knjiga
Jezik: eng
Impresum: Mahwah : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, cop. 2000.
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  • PrefacePart I: IntroductionIntroductionPart II: Item response theory principles: Some contrasts and comparisonsThe new rules of measurementItem response theory as model-based measurementPart III: The fundamentals of item response theoryBinary IRT modelsPolytomous IRT modelsThe trait level measurement scale: Meaning, interpretations, and measurement-scale propertiesMeasuring persons: Scoring examinees with IRT modelsCalibrating items: EstimationAssessing the fit of IRT modelsPart IV: Applications of IRT modelsIRT applications: DIF, CAT, and scale analysisIRT applications in cognitive and developmental assessmentApplications of IRT in personality and attitude assessmentComputer programs for conducting IRT parameter estimation