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标题：Multilevel Latent Variable Modeling: An Application in Education Testing
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作者：Jeroen K. VERMUNT
期刊名称：Austrian Journal of Statistics
出版年度：2008
卷号：37
期号：3&4
页码：285-285
出版社：Austrian Statistical Society
摘要：A framework for multilevel latent variable modeling is presented that includes many existing models as special cases. It is shown that parameters can be estimated by maximum likelihood using a special variant of the EM algorithm. An application is presented from the field of school effectiveness research. This application uses a novel multilevel mixture item response model which clusters schools based on the students¡¯ latent abilities and the item difficulties.
关键词：Factor Analysis, Mixture Models, Multilevel Analysis, Mixed Models, Generalized Linear Models, Item Response Theory, Maximum Likelihood Estimation, Item Bias Analysis.