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Franz Classe; Christoph Kern – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2024
We develop a "latent variable forest" (LV Forest) algorithm for the estimation of latent variable scores with one or more latent variables. LV Forest estimates unbiased latent variable scores based on "confirmatory factor analysis" (CFA) models with ordinal and/or numerical response variables. Through parametric model…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Item Response Theory, Artificial Intelligence, Factor Analysis
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Krus, David J.; Liang, Kun-Hsia T. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
An algorithm for estimation of means and standard deviations or raw scores underlying table values of standard test scores is presented. An application of a computer program, operationalizing the suggested algorithm, is discussed within the framework of a comparison of estimated and known table values for sample Minnesota Multiphasic Personality…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Estimation (Mathematics), Scores, Standardized Tests