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Investigating the Impact of Uncertainty About Item Parameters on Ability Estimation

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  • Jinming Zhang
  • Minge Xie
  • Xiaolan Song
  • Ting Lu

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  • Jinming Zhang & Minge Xie & Xiaolan Song & Ting Lu, 2011. "Investigating the Impact of Uncertainty About Item Parameters on Ability Estimation," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 76(1), pages 97-118, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:psycho:v:76:y:2011:i:1:p:97-118
    DOI: 10.1007/s11336-010-9192-2
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    1. Frederic Lord, 1983. "Unbiased estimators of ability parameters, of their variance, and of their parallel-forms reliability," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 48(2), pages 233-245, June.
    2. Hua-Hua Chang & William Stout, 1993. "The asymptotic posterior normality of the latent trait in an IRT model," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 58(1), pages 37-52, March.
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