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Kluwer Academic Latent Trait And Latent Class Models 1988 Edition by R. Langeheine Jürgen Rost
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. Table of contents : and Overview.- I Latent Trait Theory.- 1 Measurement Models for Ordered Response Categories.- 2 Testing a Latent Trait Model.- 3 Latent Trait Models with Indicators of Mixed Measurement Level.- II Latent Class Theory.- 4 New Developments in Latent Class Theory.- 5 Log-Linear Modeling Latent Class Analysis or Correspondence Analysis: Which Method Should Be Used for the Analysis of Categorical Data?.- 6 A Latent Class Covariate Model with Applications to Criterion-Referenced Testing.- III Comparative Views of Latent Traits and Latent Classes.- 7 Test Theory with Qualitative and Quantitative Latent Variables.- 8 Latent Class Models for Measuring.- Chaffer 9 Comparison of Latent Structure Models.- IV Application Studies.- 10 Latent Variable Techniques for Measuring Development.- 11 Item Bias and Test Multidimensionality.- 12 On a Rasch-Model-Based Test for Noncomputerized Adaptive Testing.- 13 Systematizing the Item Content in Test Design.