An irt model to estimate differential latent change trajectories in a multi-stage, longitudinal assessment

Repeated measures designs are widely used in educational and psychological research to compare the changes exhibited in response to a treatment. Traditionally, measures of change are found by calculating difference scores (subtracting the observed initial score from the final score) for each person....

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Main Author: Shim, Hi Shin
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28266