An order-preserving property of the maximum likelihood estimates for the Rasch model

The paper proves that the maximum likelihood estimates of item and person parameters of the Rasch model preserve the order of item and person total scores. The result is valid for conditional and unconditional maximum likelihood estimation.

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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	Bertoli-Barsotti, Lucio
Published in:	Statistics & Probability Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0167-7152. - Vol. 61.2003, 1, p. 91-96
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	Rasch model Maximum likelihood estimation Conditional maximum likelihood Arrangement increasing functions Monotone likelihood ratio

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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