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Turner, Kyle T.; Engelhard, George, Jr. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2023
The purpose of this study is to illustrate the use of functional data analysis (FDA) as a general methodology for analyzing person response functions (PRFs). Applications of FDA to psychometrics have included the estimation of item response functions and latent distributions, as well as differential item functioning. Although FDA has been…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Item Response Theory, Psychometrics, Statistical Distributions
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Edgington, Eugene S. – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1983
Randomization tests involve generating all possible assignments of subjects to treatments in order to create a distribution of possible test statistics. The use of a premutation group to enhance the understanding and utility of randomization tests is discussed. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Nonparametric Statistics, Research Design, Statistical Distributions
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Vijn, Peter – Psychometrika, 1983
The use of Bayesian theory to connect ordinal data and ordered scale points with the theory of order statistics is presented. Exact and approximate multivariate and marginal densities for the scale points are derived. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Data Analysis, Latent Trait Theory, Measurement
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Edgington, Eugene S.; Haller, Otto – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
This paper explains how to combine probabilities from discrete distributions, such as probability distributions for nonparametric tests. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Data Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, Mathematical Formulas