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An Introduction to Multilinear Formula Score Theory. Measurement Series 84-4.
Levine, Michael V. – 1984
Formula score theory (FST) associates each multiple choice test with a linear operator and expresses all of the real functions of item response theory as linear combinations of the operator's eigenfunctions. Hard measurement problems can then often be reformulated as easier, standard mathematical problems. For example, the problem of estimating…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Estimation (Mathematics), Latent Trait Theory, Maximum Likelihood Statistics