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Download full textCantrell, Catherine E. – 1997
This paper discusses the limitations of Classical Test Theory, the purpose of Item Response Theory/Latent Trait Measurement models, and the step-by-step calculations in the Rasch measurement model. The paper explains how Item Response Theory (IRT) transforms person abilities and item difficulties into the same metric for test-independent and…
Descriptors: Ability, Difficulty Level, Estimation (Mathematics), Item Response Theory
