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SUBMITTER: Adams DJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6765459 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The British journal of mathematical and statistical psychology 20190328 3
Multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) models for response style (e.g., Bolt, Lu, & Kim, 2014, Psychological Methods, 19, 528; Falk & Cai, 2016, Psychological Methods, 21, 328) provide flexibility in accommodating various response styles, but often present difficulty in isolating the effects of response style(s) from the intended substantive trait(s). In the presence of such measurement limitations, we consider several ways in which MIRT models are nevertheless useful in lending insight in ...[more]