Bayesian Prior Choice in IRT estimation using MCMC and Variational Bayes

This study investigated the impact of three prior distributions: matched, standard vague, and hierarchical in Bayesian estimation parameter recovery in two and one parameter models. Two Bayesian estimation methods were utilized: Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) and the relatively new, Variational Bay...

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Main Authors: Prathiba Natesan, Ratna Nandakumar, Tom Minka, Jonathan Rubright
פורמט: Article
שפה:English
יצא לאור: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
סדרה:Frontiers in Psychology
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גישה מקוונת:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01422/full