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Title: A Comprehenstive Account of Item Response Theory
Review: The book, edited by van der Linden and Hambleton, is a comprehensiveaccount of Item Response Theory. The "modern" in the title of thebook is indeed reflected in new developments such as nonparametricmodels and mixture models. The audience of the book is targetedtoward those who want to further develop models around Item ResponseTheory. People who are more interested in applying IRT may preferbooks likeApplying the Rasch Model: Fundamental Measurement in the Human Sciences.Although the book was contributed by multiple authors, the two editorsindeed made efforts making notation consistent and the structure ofevery chapter similar (Introduction, Model Description, ParameterEstimation, Examples, References), which is very important for readerslike me who don't follow the book from cover to cover.
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