Open AccessADAPTIVE QUADRATURE FOR ITEM RESPONSE MODELS
Author(s) -
Haberman Shelby J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
ets research report series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.235
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2330-8516
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.2006.tb02035.x
Subject(s) - quadrature (astronomy) , computerized adaptive testing , adaptive quadrature , computation , item response theory , dimension (graph theory) , gauss–kronrod quadrature formula , mathematics , computer science , statistics , algorithm , artificial intelligence , nyström method , mathematical analysis , control theory (sociology) , integral equation , psychometrics , physics , control (management) , pure mathematics , optics
Adaptive quadrature is applied to marginal maximum likelihood estimation for item response models with normal ability distributions. Even in one dimension, significant gains in speed and accuracy of computation may be achieved.