Explanatory Item Response Models: A Generalized Linear and Nonlinear Approach

Book Overview

This edited volume gives a new and integrated introduction to item response models (predominantly used in measurement applications in psychology, education, and other social science areas) from the viewpoint of the statistical theory of generalized linear and nonlinear mixed models. Moreover, this new framework allows the domain of item response models to be co-ordinated and broadened to emphasize their explanatory uses beyond their standard descriptive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387402756
• ISBN13: 9780387402758
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"