Fiction: Small wonder
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Fitting Logistie IRT Modeis: Small Wonder
Smte-oi-rbe-art ítem response theo,y (IRT) models use logistie functions exclusivcly as their ítem response functions (IREs). Logistie funcííons mee Ihe reqrtírements thai iheir range is che unit iníerval ami íhat they are monotonically increasing. bur they upase a parameter ipace whose dimensions can only be assigned a meíaphoñcal interpretation in the context of cesting. Applications of 1RT m...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/479476a