Abstract
This paper presents a unidimensional item response model intended for personality and attitude items that use a continuous response format. The model's starting point is the linear congeneric model for item scores, but it takes into account the bounded nature of the item responses and assumes that their conditional distributions for a fixed trait level are truncated normal. This assumption leads to nonlinear item-trait regressions and considerably modifies some aspects of the linear model. The linear model is considered as an approximation to the modified version, and an interval is defined in which the approximation is satisfactory. Procedures for estimating the item and subject parameters are described. The applicability of the model is illustrated using real data.
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