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Mislevy, Robert J. – 1983
Conventional methods of multivariate normal analysis do not apply when the variables of interest are not observed directly, but must be inferred from fallible or incomplete data. For example, responses to mental test items may depend upon latent aptitude variables, which modeled in turn as functions of demographic effects in the population. A…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Estimation (Mathematics), Latent Trait Theory, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
