Marginal maximum likelihood estimation for a psychometric model of discontinuous development

DOI10.1007/BF02296958zbMath0866.62077OpenAlexW4238698239MaRDI QIDQ676528

Juan-Miguel Gracia

Publication date: 31 July 1997

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02296958

zbMATH Keywords

item response theoryEM algorithmempirical Bayeslatent variablesmixture modelscognitive diagnosisIRTempirical Bayes probabilities of learning-stagemarginal maximum likelihood estimation equationsSaltus model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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Uses Software

• BILOG

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