The Impact of Latent Density Misspecification on Item Response Theory Equating Methods
Applied Psychological Measurement
Published online on February 12, 2026
Abstract
Applied Psychological Measurement, Ahead of Print.
Item response theory (IRT) observed and true score equating are often conducted assuming that the latent variable is normally distributed. Although this might be a reasonable assumption for many educational and psychological assessments, not all variables ...
Item response theory (IRT) observed and true score equating are often conducted assuming that the latent variable is normally distributed. Although this might be a reasonable assumption for many educational and psychological assessments, not all variables ...