Exploiting Auxiliary Information about Examinees in the Estimation of Item Parameters / Robert J. Mislevy.

The precision of item parameter estimates can be increased by taking advantage of dependencies between the latent proficiency variable and auxiliary examinee variables such as age, courses taken, and years of schooling. Score gains roughly equivalent to two to six additional item responses can be ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mislevy, Robert J.
Corporate Author:	Educational Testing Service
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1986.
Subjects:	Bayesian Statistics. Estimation (Mathematics) Information Utilization. Item Analysis. Latent Trait Theory. Mathematical Models. Maximum Likelihood Statistics. Postsecondary Education. Student Characteristics. Youth. Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery > Profile of American Youth Reports, Research.
Genre:	Reports, Research.
Physical Description:	52 pages
Format:	Microfilm Book

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