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item response theory

item response theory Item response theory is a psychometric approach for analyzing how individual test or questionnaire items perform.

Item response theory is a psychometric approach for analyzing how individual test or questionnaire items perform. In assessment research, it is used to identify weaker items, refine a measure, and examine whether items function differently across groups while evaluating reliability and validity.