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An Extension of the Concept of Specific Objectivity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Hans Irtel
Hans Irtel*
Affiliation:
University of Mannheim
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Requests for reprints should be sent to Hans Irtel, Universität Mannheim, Fakultät PPE, Schloß Ehrenhof Ost, Raum 266, D-68131 Mannheim, GERMANY.
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Abstract

Comparisons of subjects are specifically objective if they do not depend on the items involved. Such comparisons are not restricted to the 1-parameter logistic latent trait model, but may also be defined within ordinal independence models and even within the 2-parameter logistic model.

Keywords

latent trait theoryspecific objectivity
Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 60 , Issue 1 , March 1995 , pp. 115 - 118
Copyright
Copyright © 1995 The Psychometric Society

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