Item Response Theory

June 4, 2019
9:00am-12:30pm

The purpose of this workshop is to provide a gentle introduction to unidimensional item response theory (IRT).  Specifically, we will discuss

• IRT models that can be used to fit responses from dichotomous items
• The use of the software package flexMIRT to estimate model parameters and how these results can be interpreted
• Application of IRT in educational testing

Prerequisites: Individuals attending this workshop should have familiarity with basic inferential statistics and regression.
Materials: Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop with the trial version of flexMIRT software, which is available here: 

 Instructor: Dr. Kyung Yong Kim is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Research Methodology. His research interests include item response theory models and their applications. More information can be found at https://soe.uncg.edu/directory/faculty-and-staff/bio-kyungyongkim/.