Multidimensional Item Response Theory

• Main Author: Reckase, M.D (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Series: Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Subjects: Statistics.; Computer simulation.; Social sciences.; Psychology > Methodology.; Psychological measurement.; Psychometrics.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Simulation and Modeling.; Psychological Methods/Evaluation.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

Multidimensional Item Response Theory is the first book to give thorough coverage to this emerging area of psychometrics. The book describes the commonly used multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) models and the important methods needed for their practical application. These methods include w...

Table of Contents:

• Unidimensional Item Response Theory Models
• Historical Background for Multidimensional Item Response Theory (MIRT)
• Multidimensional Item Response Theory Models
• Statistical Descriptions of Item and Test Functioning
• Estimation of Item and Person Parameters
• Analyzing the Structure of Test Data
• Transforming Parameter Estimates to a Specified Coordinate System
• Linking and Scaling
• Computerized Adaptive Testing Using MIRT.