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Rating Scale Analysis with Latent Class Models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Jürgen Rost
Jürgen Rost*
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IPN Institute for Science Education
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Abstract

A general approach for analyzing rating data with latent class models is described, which parallels rating models in the framework of latent trait theory. A general rating model as well as a two-parameter model with location and dispersion parameters, analogous to Andrich's Dislocmodel are derived, including parameter estimation via the EM-algorithm. Two examples illustrate the application of the models and their statisticalcontrol. Model restrictions through equality constrains are discussed and multiparameter generalizations are outlined.

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latent class analysisrating modelsEM-algorithmordered categories

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Psychometrika , Volume 53 , Issue 3 , September 1988, pp. 327 - 348
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Copyright © 1988 The Psychometric Society

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