Bayesian Modeling of Local Item Dependence in IRT Testlet Data Using Antedependence Models
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics
Published online on February 27, 2026
Abstract
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In educational assessments, testlet-based designs are widely used but often violate the local independence assumption of item response theory (IRT). This work proposes a flexible Bayesian approach for modeling local item dependence (LID) in testlet data, ...
In educational assessments, testlet-based designs are widely used but often violate the local independence assumption of item response theory (IRT). This work proposes a flexible Bayesian approach for modeling local item dependence (LID) in testlet data, ...