@String(APM="Applied Psychological Measurement")

@String(JEM="Journal of Educational Measurement")

@String(AME="Applied Measurement in Education")

@String(JEBS="Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics")



@Article{Weeks:2010,

  author        = {Jonathan P. Weeks},

  title         = {\pkg{plink}: An \proglang{R} Package for Linking Mixed-Format Tests Using IRT-Based Methods},

  journal       = {Journal of Statistical Software},

  year          = {2010},

  volume        = {35},

  number        = {12},

  pages         = {1--33},

  url           = {http://www.jstatsoft.org/v35/i12/}

}



@article{andrich78,

   Author = {David Andrich},

   Title = {A Rating Formulation for Ordered Response Categories},

   Journal = {Psychometrika},

   Volume = {43},

   Number = {4},

   Pages = {561-573},

   Year = {1978} 

}



@article{baker92,

   Author = {Frank B. Baker},

   Title = {Equating Tests under the Graded Response Model},

   Journal = APM,

   Volume = {16},

   Number = {1},

   Pages = {87-96},

   Year = {1992} 

}



@manual{baker93,

   Author = {Frank B. Baker},

   Title = {\pkg{EQUATE}: A Computer Program for the Characteristic Curve Method of IRT Equating},

   Note = {Version~1.0},

   Address = {University of Wisconsin, Madison},

   Year = {1993}

}



@article{baker93a,

   Author = {Frank B. Baker},

   Title = {Equating Tests under the Nominal Response Model},

   Journal = APM,

   Volume = {17},

   Number = {3},

   Pages = {239-251},

   Year = {1993}

}



@incollection{birnbaum68,

   Author = {Alan Birnbaum},

   Editor =  {Frederic M. Lord and Melvin R. Novick},

   Title = {Some Latent Trait Models and Their Use in Inferring an Examinee's Ability},

   Booktitle = {Statistical Theories of Mental Test Scores},

   Publisher = {Addison-Wesley},

   Address = {Reading, MA},

   Year = {1968},

   Pages = {397-479}

}



@article{bock72,

   Author = {R. Darrel Bock},

   Title = {Estimating Item Parameters and Latent Ability when Responses are Scored in Two or More Nominal Categories},

   Journal = {Psychometrika},

   Volume = {37},

   Number = {1},

   Pages = {29-51},

   Year = {1972}

}



@manual{doran08,

    Author = {Harold C. Doran},

    Title = {\pkg{MiscPsycho}: Miscellaneous Psychometrics},

    Note = {\proglang{R}~package version~1.6},

    Year = {2010},

    url  = {http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=MiscPsycho}

}



@book{gulliksen50,

   Author = {Harold Gulliksen},

   Title = {Theory of Mental Tests},

   Publisher = {John Wiley \& Sons},

   Address = {New York},

   Year = {1950}

}



@article{haebara80,

   Author = {Tomokazu Haebara},

   Title = {Equating Logistic Ability Scales by a Weighted Least Squares Method},

   Journal = {Japanese Psychological Research},

   Volume = {22},

   Number = {3},

   Pages = {144-149},

   Year = {1980}

}



@manual{han07,

   Author = {K. T. Han},

   Title = {\pkg{IRTEQ}: Windows Application that Implements IRT Scaling and Equating},

   Note = {Version~1.0},

   Address = {University of Massachusetts, Amherst},

   Year = {2007},

   Url = {http://www.umass.edu/remp/software/irteq/}

}



@manual{han07a,

   Author = {K. T. Han and Ronald K. Hambelton},

   Title = {\pkg{WinGen2}: Windows Software that Generates IRT Model Parameters and Item Responses},

   Note = {Version~1.0},

   Address = {University of Massachusetts, Amherst},

   Year = {2007},

   Url = {http://www.umass.edu/remp/software/wingen/}

}



@manual{hanson95,

   Author = {Bradley A. Hanson and Lingjia Zeng},

   Title = {\pkg{ST}: A Computer Program for IRT Scale Transformation},

   Note = {Version~1.0},

   Address = {University of Iowa},

   Year = {1995},

   Url = {http://www.education.uiowa.edu/casma/computer_programs.htm#irt}

}



@manual{hanson00,

   Author = {Bradley A. Hanson},

   Title = {\pkg{mcmequate}: Equating Software for the Multiple-Choice Model},

   Note = {Version~1.0},

   Year = {2000},

   Url = {http://www.b-a-h.com/software/mcmequate/index.html}

}



@manual{hanson02,

   Author = {Bradley A. Hanson},

   Title = {\pkg{IRT Command Language}},

   Note = {Version~1.0},

   Year = {2002},

   Url = {http://www.b-a-h.com/software/irt/icl/}

}



@article{hull22,

   Author = {Clark L. Hull},

   Title = {The Conversion of Test Scores Into Series Which Shall Have Any Assigned Mean and Degree of Dispersion},

   Journal = {Journal of Applied Psychology},

   Volume = {6},

   Number = {4},

   Pages = {298-300},

   Year = {1922}

}



@book{kelley23,

   Author = {Truman L. Kelley},

   Title = {Statistical Method},

   Publisher = {Macmillan},

   Address = {New York},

   Year = {1923}

}



@article{kimj02,

   Author = {{Jee-Seon} Kim and Bradley A. Hanson},

   Title = {Test Equating under the Multiple-Choice Model},

   Journal = APM,

   Volume = {26},

   Number = {3},

   Pages = {255-270},

   Year = {2002}

}



@manual{kim03,

   Author = {Seeonghoon Kim and Michael J. Kolen},

   Title = {\pkg{POLYST}: A Computer Program for Polytomous IRT Scale Transformation},

   Note = {Version~1.0},

   Address = {University of Iowa},

   Year = {2003},

   Url = {http://www.education.uiowa.edu/casma/computer_programs.htm#irt}

}



@manual{kim04,

   Author = {Seonghoon Kim and Michael J. Kolen},

   Title = {\pkg{STUIRT}: A Computer Program for Scale Transformation under Unidimensional Item Response Theory Models},

   Note = {Version~1.0},

   Address = {University of Iowa},

   Year = {2004},

   Url = {http://www.education.uiowa.edu/casma/computer_programs.htm#irt}

}



@article{kim06,

   Author = {Seonghoon Kim and {Won-Chan} Lee},

   Title = {An Extension of Four IRT Linking Methods for Mixed-Format Tests},

   Journal = JEM,

   Volume = {43},

   Number = {1},

   Pages = {53-76},

   Year = {2006}

}



@article{kolen81,

   Author = {Michael J. Kolen},

   Title = {Comparison of Traditional and Item Response Theory Methods for Equating Tests},

   Journal = JEM,

   Volume = {18},

   Number = {1},

   Pages = {1-11},

   Year = {1981}

}



@manual{kolen04a,

   Author = {Michael J. Kolen},

   Title = {\pkg{POLYEQUATE}},

   Note = {Version~1.0},

   Address = "University of Iowa",

   Year = 2004,

   Url = {http://www.education.uiowa.edu/casma/computer_programs.htm#irt}

}



@book{kolen04,

   Author = {Michael J. Kolen and Robert L. Brennan},

   Title = {Test Equating, Scaling, and Linking: Methods and Practices},

   Publisher = {Springer-Verlag},

   Address = {New York},

   Edition = {2nd},

   Year = {2004}

}



@manual{lee97,

   Author = {Kevin Lee and T. C. Oshima},

   Title = {\pkg{Iplink}: Item Parameter Linking},

   Note = {Version~2.0},

   Year = {1997},

   Url = {http://education.gsu.edu/eps/4493.html}

}



@techreport{levine55,

   Author = {R. E. Levine},

   Title = {Equating the Score Scales of Alternative Forms Administered to Samples of Different Ability},

   Institution = {Educational Testing Services},

   Address = {Princeton, NJ},

   Type = {Research Bulletin},

   number = {55-23},

   Year = {1955}

}



@techreport{linn80,

   Author = {Robert L. Linn and M. V. Levine and C. N. Hastings and J. L. Wardrop},

   Title = {An Investigation of Item Bias in a Test of Reading Comprehension},

   Institution = {University of Illinois, Center for the Study of Reading},

   Address = {Urbana, IL},

   Number = {163},

   Type = {Technical Report},

   Year = {1980}

}



@article{linn93,

   Author = {Robert L. Linn},

   Title = {Linking Results of Distinct Assessments},

   Journal = AME,

   Volume = {6},

   Number = {1},

   Pages = {83-102},

   Year = {1993}

}



@article{lord52,

   Author = {Frederic M. Lord},

   Title = {A Theory of Test Scores},

   Journal = {Psychometric Monographs},

   Note = {No.~7},

   Year = {1952}

}



@book{lord68,

   Author = {Frederic M. Lord and Melvin R. Novick},

   Title = {Statistical Theories of Mental Test Scores},

   Publisher = {Addison-Wesley},

   Address = {Reading, MA},

   Year = {1968}

}



@book{lord80,

   Author = {Frederic M. Lord},

   Title = {Applications of Item Response Theory to Practical Testing Problems},

   Publisher = {Lawrence Erlbaum Associates},

   Address = {Hillsdale, NJ},

   Year = {1980}

}



@article{loyd80,

   Author = {Brenda H. Loyd and H. D. Hoover},

   Title = {Vertical Equating Using the Rasch Model},

   Journal = JEM,

   Volume = {17},

   Number = {3},

   Pages = {179-193},

   Year = {1980}

}



@article{mair07,

	 Author = {Patrick Mair and Reinhold  Hatzinger},

    Title = {Extended Rasch Modeling: The \pkg{eRm} Package for the Application of IRT Models in \proglang{R}},

    Journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},

    Volume = {20},

    Number = {9},

    Pages = {1-20},

    Year = {2007},

    Url = {http://www.jstatsoft.org/v20/i09/}

}



@article{marco77,

   Author = {Gary L. Marco},

   Title = {Item Characteristic Curve Solutions to Three Intractable Testing Problems},

   Journal = JEM,

   Volume = {14},

   Number = {2},

   Pages = {139-160},

   Year = {1977} 

}



@article{masters82,

   Author = {Geoff N. Masters},

   Title = {A Rasch Model for Partial Credit Scoring},

   Journal = {Psychometrika},

   Volume = {47},

   Number = {2},

   Pages = {149-174},

   Year = {1982}

}



@article{muraki92,

   Author = {Eiji Muraki},

   Title = {A Generalized Partial Credit Model: Application of an {EM} Algorithm},

   Journal = APM,

   Volume = {16},

   Number = {2},

   Pages = {159-176},

   Year = {1992}

}



@manual{muraki03,

   Author = {Eiji Muraki and R. Darrell. Bock},

   Title = {\pkg{PARSCALE}~4: IRT Item Analysis and Test Scoring for Rating-Scale Data},

   Note = {Version~4.0},

   Organization = {Scientific Software International, Inc.},

   Address = {Lincolnwood, IL},

   Year = {2003},

   Url = {http://www.ssicentral.com/}

}



@manual{partchev08,

    Author = {Ivailo Partchev},

    Title = {\pkg{irtoys}: Simple Interface to the Estimation and Plotting of {IRT} Models},

    Note = {\proglang{R}~package version~0.1.2},

    Year = {2009},

    Url = {http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=irtoys}

}



@article{petersen83,

   Author = {Nancy S. Petersen and Linda L. Cook and Martha L. Stocking},

   Title = {{IRT} Versus Conventional Equating Methods: A Comparative Study of Scale Stability},

   Journal = {Journal of Educational Statistics},

   Volume = {8},

   Number = {2},

   Pages = {137-156},

   Year = {1983}

}



@manual{r08,

   Title = {\proglang{R}: {A} Language and Environment for Statistical Computing},

   Author = {{\proglang{R} Development Core Team}},

   Organization  = {\proglang{R} Foundation for Statistical Computing},

   Address = {Vienna, Austria},

   Year = {2010},

 	Note = {{ISBN} 3-900051-07-0},

   Url = {http://www.R-project.org/}

}



@book{rasch60,

   Author = {Georg Rasch},

   Title = {Probabilistic Models for Some Intelligence and Attainment Tests},

   Publisher = {Danish Institute for Educational Research},

   Address = {Copenhagen, Denmark},

   Year = {1960}

}



 @article{rizopoulos06,

    Author = {Dimitris Rizopoulos},

    Title = {\pkg{ltm}: An \proglang{R} Package for Latent Variable Modeling and Item Response Theory Analyses},

    Journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},

    Volume = {17},

    Number = {5},

    Pages = {1-25},

    Year = {2006},

    Url = {http://www.jstatsoft.org/v17/i05/}

}



@article{samejima69,

   Author = {Fumiko Samejima},

   Title = {Estimation of Latent Ability Using a Response Pattern of Graded Scores},

   Journal = {Psychometric Monograph Supplement},

   Number = {34},

	Volume = {4},

   Year = {1969}

}



@techreport{samejima79,

   Author = {Fumiko Samejima},

   Title = {A New Family of Models for the Multiple Choice Item},

   Institution = {University of Tennessee, Department of Psychology},

   Address = {Knoxville, TN},

   Number = {79-4},

   Type = {Research Report},

   Year = {1979}

}



@book{sarkar08,

   Author = {Deepayan Sarkar},

   Title = {\pkg{lattice}: Multivariate Data Visualization with \proglang{R}},

   Address = {New York},

   Publisher = {Springer-Verlag},

   Year = {2008}

}



@article{stocking83,

   Author = {Martha L. Stocking and Frederic M. Lord},

   Title = {Developing a Common Metric in Item Response Theory},

   Journal = APM,

   Volume = {7},

   Number = {2},

   Pages = {201-210},

   Year = {1983} 

}



@article{thissen84,

   Author = {David Thissen and Lynn Steinberg},

   Title = {A Response Model for Multiple Choice Items},

   Journal = {Psychometrika},

   Volume = {49},

   Number = {4},

   Pages = {501-519},

   Year = {1984}

}



@article{thissen86,

   Author = {David Thissen and Lynn Steinberg},

   Title = {A Taxonomy of Item Response Models},

   Journal = {Psychometrika},

   Volume = {51},

   Number = {4},

   Pages = {567-577},

   Year = {1986}

}



@manual{thissen03,

   Author = {David Thissen},

   Title = {\pkg{MULTILOG}~7: Multiple, Categorical Item Analysis and Test Scoring Using Item Response Theory},

   Note = {Version~7.0},

   Organization = {Scientific Software International Inc.},

   Address = {Lincolnwood, IL},

   Year = {2003},

   Url = {http://www.ssicentral.com/}

}



@article{thurstone25,

   Author = {Louis L. Thurstone},

   Title = {A Method of Scaling Psychological and Educational Tests},

   Journal = {Journal of Educational Psychology},

   Volume = {16},

   Number = {7},

   Pages = {433-451},

   Year = {1925}

}



@article{thurstone38,

   Author = {Louis L. Thurstone},

   Title = {Primary Mental Abilities},

   Journal = {Psychometric Monographs},

   Note = {No.~1},

   Year = {1938}

}



@manual{wood03,

   Author = {R. Wood and D. T. Wilson and E. Muraki and S. G. Schilling and R. Gibbons and R. D. Bock},

   Title = {\pkg{TESTFACT}~4: Test Scoring, Item Statistics, and Item Factor Analysis},

   Note = {Version~4.0},

   Organization = {Scientific Software International Inc.},

   Address = {Lincolnwood, IL},

   Year = {2003},

   Url = {http://www.ssicentral.com/}

}



@manual{yao08,

   Author = {Lihua Yao},

   Title = {\pkg{BMIRT}: Bayesian Multivariate Item Response Theory},

   Note ={Version~1.0},

   Organization = {CTB/McGraw-Hill},

   Address = {Monterey, CA},

   Year = {2008}

}



@article{yen86,

   Author = {Wendy M. Yen},

   Title = {The Choice of Scale for Educational Measurement: An {IRT} Perspective},

   Journal = JEM,

   Volume = {23},

   Number = {4},

   Pages = {299-325},

   Year = {1986}

}



@manual{zimowski03,

   Author = {M. F. Zimowski and E. Muraki and R. J. Mislevy and R. D. Bock},

   Title = {\pkg{BILOG--MG}~3: Multiple-Group IRT Analysis and Test Maintenance for Binary Items},

   Note = {Version~3.0},

   Organization = {Scientific Software International Inc.},

   Address = {Lincolnwood, IL},

   Year = {2003},

   Url = {http://www.ssicentral.com/}

}

