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This paper discusses a new form of specifying and normalizing a Linear Logistic Test Model (LLTM) as suggested by Bechger, Verstralen, and Verhelst (Psychometrika, 2002). It is shown that there are infinitely many ways to specify the same normalization. Moreover, the relationship between some of their results and equivalent previous results in the literature is clarified, and it is shown that the goals of estimating and testing a single element of the weight matrix, for which they propose new methods, can be reached by means of simple, well-known tools already implemented in published LLTM software.
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Fischer, G.H. Remarks on “equivalent linear logistic test models” by Bechger, Verstralen, and Verhelst (2002). Psychometrika 69, 305–315 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02295946
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