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Item Response Modeling

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Item response models using exponential modeling are more sensitive than classical linear methods for making predictions from psychological questionnaires.

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Cleophas, T.J., Zwinderman, A.H. (2013). Item Response Modeling. In: Machine Learning in Medicine. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5824-7_8

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