An Algorithm for Implementing Gibbs Sampling for 2PNO IRT Models (Fortran)

Authors

Yanyan Sheng, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Todd C. Headrick, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Comments

Published in the Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 2007, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 341-349.

Abstract

A Fortran 77 subroutine is provided for implementing the Gibbs sampling procedure to a normal ogive IRT model for binary item response data with the choice of uniform and normal prior distributions for item parameters. The subroutine requires the user to have access to the IMSL library.

Recommended Citation

Sheng, Yanyan and Headrick, Todd C. "An Algorithm for Implementing Gibbs Sampling for 2PNO IRT Models (Fortran)." (May 2007).