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ERIC Number: EJ878836
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Mar
Pages: 30
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-3123
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Finite Mixture Multilevel Multidimensional Ordinal IRT Models for Large Scale Cross-Cultural Research
de Jong, Martijn G.; Steenkamp, Jan-Benedict E. M.
Psychometrika, v75 n1 p3-32 Mar 2010
We present a class of finite mixture multilevel multidimensional ordinal IRT models for large scale cross-cultural research. Our model is proposed for confirmatory research settings. Our prior for item parameters is a mixture distribution to accommodate situations where different groups of countries have different measurement operations, while countries within these groups are still allowed to be heterogeneous. A simulation study is conducted that shows that all parameters can be recovered. We also apply the model to real data on the two components of affective subjective well-being: positive affect and negative affect. The psychometric behavior of these two scales is studied in 28 countries across four continents.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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