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The past few decades have witnessed an exponential growth of applications of Item Response Theory (IRT), also known as “latent trait theory” or “item characteristic curve theory,” in educational research and measurement. Simply speaking, IRT refers to a system that describes the relationship between an individual’s response to an item and the underlying trait being measured (Embretson & Reise, 2000).
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Fan, X., Sun, S. (2013). Item Response Theory. In: Teo, T. (eds) Handbook of Quantitative Methods for Educational Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-404-8_3
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