%0 Book %A Gábor Szabó %D 2012 %C Berlin, Germany %I Peter Lang Verlag %@ 9783653011678 %T Applying Item Response Theory in Language Test Item Bank Building %R 10.3726/978-3-653-01167-8 %U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1053647 %X Item Response Theory, though it has become a widely recognized tool in language testing research, is still not used frequently in practical language assessment projects. This book intends to provide a theoretical overview as well as to give practical guidance concerning the application of IRT in item bank building in a language testing context by presenting a particular project in a higher education setting. %K Item banking, Fremdsprachenlernen, Sprachtest, Language testing, Item Response Theory, Rasch-model, Probabilistische Testtheorie %G English