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Peer reviewedAckerman, Terry A. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1994
When item response data do not satisfy the unidimensionality assumption, multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) should be used to model the item-examinee interaction. This article presents and discusses MIRT analyses designed to give better insight into what individual items are measuring. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Item Response Theory, Measurement Techniques, Models
