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Adaptive Quadrature for Item Response Models

Author(s):
Haberman, Shelby J.
Publication Year:
2006
Report Number:
RR-06-29
Source:
ETS Research Report
Document Type:
Report
Page Count:
10
Subject/Key Words:
Item Response Models, Adaptive Quadrature, Gauss-Hermite Integration, Rasch Model, 2-Parameter Logistic (2PL) Model

Abstract

Adaptive quadrature is applied to marginal maximum likelihood estimation for item response models with normal ability distributions. Even in one dimension, significant gains in speed and accuracy of computation may be achieved.

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