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Author Levy, Roy (Statistics professor), author.

Title Bayesian psychometric modeling / Roy Levy, Robert J. Mislevy
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Chapman & Hall/CRC statistics in the social and behavioral sciences series
Statistics in the social and behavioral sciences series.
Contents Section 1. Foundations -- section 2. Psychometrics
Summary A Single Cohesive Framework of Tools and Procedures for Psychometrics and Assessment Bayesian Psychometric Modeling presents a unified Bayesian approach across traditionally separate families of psychometric models. It shows that Bayesian techniques, as alternatives to conventional approaches, offer distinct and profound advantages in achieving many goals of psychometrics. Adopting a Bayesian approach can aid in unifying seemingly disparate--and sometimes conflicting--ideas and activities in psychometrics. This book explains both how to perform psychometrics using Bayesian methods and why many of the activities in psychometrics align with Bayesian thinking. The first part of the book introduces foundational principles and statistical models, including conceptual issues, normal distribution models, Markov chain Monte Carlo estimation, and regression. Focusing more directly on psychometrics, the second part covers popular psychometric models, including classical test theory, factor analysis, item response theory, latent class analysis, and Bayesian networks. Throughout the book, procedures are illustrated using examples primarily from educational assessments. A supplementary website provides the datasets, WinBUGS code, R code, and Netica files used in the examples
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 14, 2016)
Subject Psychometrics -- Mathematical models
Bayesian statistical decision theory.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Reference.
Bayesian statistical decision theory
Psychometrics -- Mathematical models
Form Electronic book
Author Mislevy, Robert J., author.
ISBN 9781439884683
1439884684
9781315374604
1315374609
9781315356976
131535697X