Handbook of Modern Item Response Theory

1. Front Matter

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2. Item Response Theory: Brief History, Common Models, and Extensions

   1. Item Response Theory: Brief History, Common Models, and Extensions

      • Wim J. van der Linden, Ronald K. Hambleton

      Pages 1-28

3. Models for Items with Polytomous Response Formats

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-31

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   2. The Nominal Categories Model

      • R. Darrell Bock

      Pages 33-49

   3. A Response Model for Multiple-Choice Items

      • David Thissen, Lynne Steinberg

      Pages 51-65

   4. The Rating Scale Model

      • Erling B. Andersen

      Pages 67-84

   5. Graded Response Model

      • Fumiko Samejima

      Pages 85-100

   6. The Partial Credit Model

      • Geofferey N. Masters, Benjamin D. Wright

      Pages 101-121

   7. A Steps Model to Analyze Partial Credit

      • N. D. Verhelst, C. A. W. Glas, H. H. de Vries

      Pages 123-138

   8. Sequential Models for Ordered Responses

      • Gerhard Tutz

      Pages 139-152

   9. A Generalized Partial Credit Model

      • Eiji Muraki

      Pages 153-164

4. Models for Response Time or Multiple Attempts on Items

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-168

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   2. A Logistic Model for Time-Limit Tests

      • N. D. Verhelst, H. H. F. M. Verstralen, M. G. H. Jansen

      Pages 169-185

   3. Models for Speed and Time-Limit Tests

      • Edward E. Roskam

      Pages 187-208

   4. Multiple-Attempt, Single-Item Response Models

      • Judith A. Spray

      Pages 209-220

5. Models for Multiple Abilities or Cognitive Components

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-223

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   2. Unidimensional Linear Logistic Rasch Models

      • Gerhard H. Fischer

      Pages 225-243

   3. Response Models with Manifest Predictors

      • Aeilko H. Zwinderman

      Pages 245-256

   4. Normal-Ogive Multidimensional Model

      • Roderick P. McDonald

      Pages 257-269

   5. A Linear Logistic Multidimensional Model for Dichotomous Item Response Data

      • Mark D. Reckase

      Pages 271-286

Item response theory has become an essential component in the toolkit of every researcher in the behavioral sciences. It provides a powerful means to study individual responses to a variety of stimuli, and the methodology has been extended and developed to cover many different models of interaction. This volume presents a wide-ranging handbook to item response theory - and its applications to educational and psychological testing. It will serve as both an introduction to the subject and also as a comprehensive reference volume for practitioners and researchers. It is organized into six major sections: the nominal categories model, models for response time or multiple attempts on items, models for multiple abilities or cognitive components, nonparametric models, models for nonmonotone items, and models with special assumptions. Each chapter in the book has been written by an expert of that particular topic, and the chapters have been carefully edited to ensure that a uniform style of notation and presentation is used throughout. As a result, all researchers whose work uses item response theory will find this an indispensable companion to their work and it will be the subject's reference volume for many years to come.

• behavior
• methodology
• modeling
• psychological testing

• Faculty of Educational Sciences and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

  Wim J. Linden

• School of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

  Ronald K. Hambleton

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