What can we learn from Plausible Values?

Maarten Marsman (), Gunter Maris, Timo Bechger and Cees Glas
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Maarten Marsman: University of Amsterdam
Gunter Maris: University of Amsterdam
Timo Bechger: Cito
Cees Glas: University of Twente

Psychometrika, 2016, vol. 81, issue 2, No 2, 274-289

Abstract: Abstract In this paper, we show that the marginal distribution of plausible values is a consistent estimator of the true latent variable distribution, and, furthermore, that convergence is monotone in an embedding in which the number of items tends to infinity. We use this result to clarify some of the misconceptions that exist about plausible values, and also show how they can be used in the analyses of educational surveys.

Keywords: plausible values; item response theory; educational surveys; Bayesian theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s11336-016-9497-x

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