The Equivalence of Two Methods of Parameter Estimation for the Rasch Model

1 December 1989

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychometrika

Vol. 54 (4) , 751-754
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02296407

Abstract

Two methods of estimating parameters in the Rasch model are compared. It is shown that estimates for a certain loglinear model for the score × item × response table are equivalent to the unconditional maximum likelihood estimates for the Rasch model.

Keywords

RASCH MODEL
CONTINGENCY TABLE
LATENT TRAIT THEORY
ITEM RESPONSE THEORY

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