Latent Trait and Latent Class Models

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction and Overview

   1. Introduction and Overview

      • Rolf Langeheine, Jürgen Rost

      Pages 1-7

3. Latent Trait Theory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Measurement Models for Ordered Response Categories

      • Geofferey Norman Masters

      Pages 11-29

   3. Testing a Latent Trait Model

      • Arnold L. van den Wollenberg

      Pages 31-50

   4. Latent Trait Models with Indicators of Mixed Measurement Level

      • Gerhard Arminger, Ulrich Küsters

      Pages 51-73

4. Latent Class Theory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. New Developments in Latent Class Theory

      • Rolf Langeheine

      Pages 77-108

   3. Log-linear Modeling, Latent Class Analysis, or Correspondence Analysis

      • B. S. Everitt, G. Dunn

      Pages 109-127

   4. A Latent Class Covariate Model with Applications to Criterion-Referenced Testing

      • C. Mitchell Dayton, George B. Macready

      Pages 129-143

5. Comparative Views of Latent Traits and Latent Classes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145

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   2. Test Theory with Qualitative and Quantitative Latent Variables

      • Jürgen Rost

      Pages 147-171

   3. Latent Class Models for Measuring

      • Clifford C. Clogg

      Pages 173-205

   4. Comparison of Latent Structure Models

      • Erling B. Andersen

      Pages 207-229

6. Application Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231

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   2. Latent Variable Techniques for Measuring Development

      • John R. Bergan

      Pages 233-261

   3. Item Bias and Test Multidimensionality

      • Frank Kok

      Pages 263-275

   4. On a Rasch-Model-Based Test for Noncomputerized Adaptive Testing

      • Klaus D. Kubinger

      Pages 277-289

   5. Systematizing the Item Content in Test Design

      • Fons J. R. van de Vijver

      Pages 291-307

7. Back Matter

   Pages 309-311

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This volume is based on an international conference held at the Institute for Science Education (IPN) in Kiel in August 1985. The IPN is a national research institute for science education of the Federal Republic of Germany associated with the University of Kiel. The aim of this conference-to treat latent trait and latent class models under comparative points of view as well as under application aspects-was realized in many stimulating contributions and very different ways. We asked the authors of these papers to work out their contributions for publication here, not only because many of the papers present new material, but also because the time is ripe for a comprehen­ sive volume, working up the widespread literature of the past ten years in this field. We have tried to compile a volume that will be of interest to statistically oriented researchers in a variety of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, education, political science, epidemiology, and the like. Although the chapters assume a reasonably high level of methodo­ logical sophistication, we hope that the book will find its way into advanced courses in the above fields. We are grateful to the IPN for organizing the conference, to our contributors for their untiring efforts in revising their chapters for publication, and to the staff of Plenum Publishing Corporation for helping to make this book a reality.

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• Institute for Science Education (IPN), University of Kiel, Kiel 1, Federal Republic of Germany

  Rolf Langeheine, Jürgen Rost

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