The Efficacy of Unconditional Maximum Likelihood Bias Correction: Comment on Jansen,van den Wollenberg,and Wierda

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Index terms: Item response theory, item parameter estimation; Item response theory, one-parameter logis tic model; Maximum likelihood estimation, condi tional; Maximum likelihood estimation, unconditional; Minimum chi-square estimation; One-parameter logis tic model; Rasch model.

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