A Rasch Model for Partial Credit Scoring
- 1 June 1982
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychometrika
- Vol. 47 (2) , 149-174
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02296272
Abstract
A unidimensional latent trait model for responses scored in two or more ordered categories is developed. This “Partial Credit” model is a member of the family of latent trait models which share the property of parameter separability and so permit “specifically objective” comparisons of persons and items. The model can be viewed as an extension of Andrich's Rating Scale model to situations in which ordered response alternatives are free to vary in number and structure from item to item. The difference between the parameters in this model and the “category boundaries” in Samejima's Graded Response model is demonstrated. An unconditional maximum likelihood procedure for estimating the model parameters is developed.Keywords
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