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...
Main Author: | Mislevy, Robert J. |
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Corporate Author: | Educational Testing Service |
Language: | English |
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Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse,
1986.
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Physical Description: | 52 pages |
Format: | Microfilm Book |