Latent Trait and Latent Class Models.

Abstract

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.