The Theory and Practice of Item Response Theory (Methodology in the Social Sciences Series)
Description :
Noted for addressing both the hows and whys of item response theory IRT this text has been revised and updated with the latest techniques multilevel models mixed models and more and software packages Simple to more complex models are covered in consistently formatted chapters that build sequentially The book
takes the reader from model development through the fit analysis and interpretation phases that would be performed in practice To facilitate understanding common datasets are used across chapters with the examples worked through for increasingly complex models Exemplary model applications include free BIGSTEPS NOHARM Facets R packages and commercial BILOGMG flexMIRT SAS WINMIRA SPSS SYSTAT software packages The companion website provides data files and onlineonly appendices nbspNew to This Edition Chapter on multilevel models New material on loglinear models mixed models the linear logistic trait model and fit statistics Many additional workedthrough examples Updated guidance on software now includes R SAS and flexMIRT