The Basics of Item Response Theory (English Edition)

This monograph provides a comprehensive survey of the literature and highlights the major issues and problems. In particular, the rationale underlying IRT models is described and details of the commonly used IRT models, i.e., the one-, two- and three-parameter logistic models, are given. The approaches to parameter estimation are discussed and details of particular parameter estimation methods are given, including the derivations of the relevant likelihood equations.