Abstract
A procedure for the sequential optimization of the calibration of an item bank is given. The procedure is based on an empirical Bayesian approach to a reformulation of the Rasch model as a model for paired comparisons between the difficulties of test items in which ties are allowed to occur. First, it is shown how a paired-comparisons design deals with the usual incompleteness of calibration data and how the item parameters can be estimated using this design. Next, the procedure for a sequential optimization of the item parameter estimators is given, both for individuals responding to pairs of items and for item and examinee groups of any size. The paper concludes with a discussion of the choice of the first priors in the procedure and the problems involved in its generalization to other item response models.
Original language | Undefined |
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Pages (from-to) | 345-354 |
Journal | Applied psychological measurement |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1986 |
Keywords
- IR-98584