《《Item response theory and classical test theory an empirical comparison》.pdfVIP

Educational and Psychological Measurem... June 1998 v58 n3 p357(25) Page 1 Item response theory and classical test theory: an empirical comparison of their item/person statistics. by Xitao Fan Despite theoretical differences between item response theory (IRT) and classical test theory (CTT), there is a lack of empirical knowledge about how, and to what extent, the IRT- and CTT-based item and person statistics behave differently. This study empirically examined the behaviors of the item an