A Metropolis–Hastings Robbins–Monro algorithm via variational inference for estimating the multidimensional graded response model: a calculationally efficient estimation scheme to deal with complex test structures
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Item response theory; Metropolis–Hastings Robbins–Monro algorithm; Variational inference; Marginal maximum likelihood estimation; Multidimensional graded response model;All these keywords.
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