Inhaltsangabe1. Item Response Theory: Brief History, Common Models, and Extensions.- 2. The Nominal Categories Model.- 3. A Response Model for Multiple-Choice Items.- 4. The Rating Scale Model.- 5. Graded Response Model.- 6. The Partial Credit Model.- 7. A Steps Model to Analyze Partial Credit.- 8. Sequential Models for Ordered Responses.- 9. A Generalized Partial Credit Model.- 10. A Logistic Model for Time-Limit Tests.- 11. Models for Speed and Time-Limit Tests.- 12. Multiple-Attempt, Single-Item Response Models.- 13. Unidimensional Linear Logistic Rasch Models.- 14. Response Models with Manifest Predictors.- 15. Normal-Ogive Multidimensional Model.- 16. A Linear Logistic Multidimensional Model for Dichotomous Item Response Data.- 17. Loglinear Multidimensional Item Response Model for Polytomously Scored Items.- 18. Multicomponent Response Models.- 19. Multidimensional Linear Logistic Models for Change.- 20. Nonparametric Models for Dichotomous Responses.- 21. Nonparametric Models for Polytomous Responses.- 22. A Functional Approach to Modeling Test Data.- 23. An Hyperbolic Cosine IRT Model for Unfolding Direct Responses of Persons to Items.- 24. PARELLA: An IRT Model for Parallelogram Analysis.- 25. Multiple Group IRT.- 26. Logistic Mixture Models.- 27. Models for Locally Dependent Responses: Conjunctive Item Response Theory.- 28. Mismatch Models for Test Formats that Permit Partial Information To Be Shown.- Author Index.