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Explanatory Item Response Models

Part of the book series: Statistics for Social Science and Public Policy ((SSBS))

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The aim of this last chapter is threefold. First, we want to give the reader further insights into the estimation methods for the models presented in this volume. Second, we want to discuss the available software for the models presented in this volume. We will not sketch all possibilities of the software, but only those directly relevant to item response modeling as seen in this volume. Third, we want to illustrate the use of various programs for the estimation of a basic model, the Rasch model, for the verbal aggression data.

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  1. Department of Psychology, K.U. Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Paul De Boeck

  2. Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-1670, Berkeley, CA, USA

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Tuerlinckx, F. et al. (2004). Estimation and software. In: De Boeck, P., Wilson, M. (eds) Explanatory Item Response Models. Statistics for Social Science and Public Policy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3990-9_12

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