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Download full textMislevy, Robert J. – 1993
Relationships between Bayesian ability estimates and the parameters of a normal population distribution are derived in the context of classical test theory. Analogies are provided for use as approximations in work with item response theory (IRT). The following issues are addressed: (1) the relationship between the distribution of the latent…
Descriptors: Ability, Bayesian Statistics, Computer Software, Estimation (Mathematics)
