A new item response theory model to adjust data allowing examinee choice.

In a typical questionnaire testing situation, examinees are not allowed to choose which items they answer because of a technical issue in obtaining satisfactory statistical estimates of examinee ability and item difficulty. This paper introduces a new item response theory (IRT) model that incorporat...

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Main Authors: Carolina Silva Pena, Marcelo Azevedo Costa, Rivert Paulo Braga Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5794135?pdf=render