Some critical observations of the test information function as a measure of local accuracy in ability estimation

DOI10.1007/BF02296127zbMath0830.62096OpenAlexW2058739162MaRDI QIDQ1901347

Fumiko Samejima

Publication date: 8 November 1995

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02296127

zbMATH Keywords

tablesitem response theorymaximum likelihood estimationbiasdichotomous responseslatent trait modelsability estimationmeasure of accuracyconstant information modelsimulated datacomputerized adaptive testsconstant amounts of test informationdiscrete item responsestest information function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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