Monday, February 20, 2012

The Theory and Practice of Item Response Theory

The Theory and Practice of Item Response Theory



Author: R. J. de Ayala PhD
Edition: 1
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1593858698



The Theory and Practice of Item Response Theory (Methodology in the Social Sciences)


Item response theory (IRT) is a latent variable modeling approach used to minimize bias and optimize the measurement power of educational and psychological tests and other psychometric applications. Medical books The Theory and Practice of Item Response Theory . /p>

Designed for researchers, psychometric professionals, and advanced students, this book clearly presents both the "how-to" and the "why" of IRT. It describes simple and more complex IRT models and shows how they are applied with the help of widely available software packages. Chapters follow a consistent format and build sequentially, taking the reader from model development through the fit analysis and interpretation phases that one would perform in practice. The use of common empirical data sets across the chapters facilitates understanding of the various models and how they relate to one another Medical books .

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Medical Book The Theory and Practice of Item Response Theory



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Designed for researchers, psychometric professionals, and advanced students, this book clearly presents both the "how-to" and the "why" of IRT. It describes simple and more complex IRT models and shows how they are applied with the help of widely available software packages. Chapters follow a consistent format and build sequentially, taking the reader from model development through the fit analysis and interpretation phases that one would perform in practice. The use of common empirical data sets across the chapters facilitates understanding of the various models and how they relate to one another.


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