A Monte Carlo simulation study of sample size requirements for the Graded Response Model

Tatsuya Ikeda

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0347684

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A Monte Carlo simulation study of sample size requirements for the Graded Response Model

Tatsuya Ikeda

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ikeda.tatsuya.clpsy@gmail.com

Affiliation Graduate School of Education, Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8474-2487

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A Monte Carlo simulation study of sample size requirements for the Graded Response Model

Tatsuya Ikeda

Published: April 22, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0347684

About the Authors

Tatsuya Ikeda

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ikeda.tatsuya.clpsy@gmail.com

Affiliation Graduate School of Education, Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8474-2487

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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