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Brian W. Junker

Researcher at Carnegie Mellon University

Publications -  85
Citations -  4947

Brian W. Junker is an academic researcher from Carnegie Mellon University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Item response theory & Rasch model. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 83 publications receiving 4540 citations. Previous affiliations of Brian W. Junker include University of Pittsburgh.

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Cognitive Assessment Models with Few Assumptions, and Connections with Nonparametric Item Response Theory:

TL;DR: Some usability and interpretability issues for single-strategy cognitive assessment models are considered and an example shows that these models can be sensitive to cognitive attributes, even in data designed to well fit the Rasch model.
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Learning factors analysis – a general method for cognitive model evaluation and improvement

TL;DR: A semi-automated method for improving a cognitive model called Learning Factors Analysis is proposed that combines a statistical model, human expertise and a combinatorial search to evaluate an existing cognitive model and to generate and evaluate alternative models.
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A Straightforward Approach to Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods for Item Response Models

TL;DR: This paper demonstrates Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques that are particularly well-suited to complex models with item response theory (IRT) assumptions, and develops a MCMC methodology, based on Metropolis-Hastings sampling, that can be routinely implemented to fit novel IRT models.
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Applications and Extensions of MCMC in IRT: Multiple Item Types, Missing Data, and Rated Responses.

TL;DR: In this article, a general Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) strategy based on Metropolis-Hastings sampling is described for Bayesian inference in complex item response theory (IRT) settings.
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A Three-Sample Multiple-Recapture Approach to Census Population Estimation with Heterogeneous Catchability

TL;DR: An approach that allows for varying susceptibility to capture through individual parameters using a variant of the Rasch model from psychological measurement situations is developed that requires an additional recapture in the context of census undercount estimation.