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The notion of an information function, I(θ), was introduced in chapter 5 with reference to the standard error of the maximum likelihood estimator of ability θ This fundamental notion gives rise to various applications that are central to the field of measurement.
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Hambleton, R.K., Swaminathan, H. (1985). The Information Function and its Applications. In: Item Response Theory. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1988-9_6
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