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Activity Number: 387
Type: Roundtables
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 : 7:00 AM to 8:15 AM
Sponsor: Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts
Abstract - #304990
Title: Publication of Statistical Software as Open Source
Author(s): Werner Wothke*+
Companies: American Institutes for Research
Address: 3412 15th ST N, Arlington, VA, 22201,
Keywords: Statistical Software ; Software Publishing ; OpenSource ; Psychometric Software
Abstract:

The session presents the C++-based Estimation Toolkit for Item Response Theory Modeling (ETIRM) as an example of statistical/psychometric software published under an open source agreement, and currently available by download from smallwaters.com. The roundtable discussion will address these aspects of statistical software development and dissemination as Open source: (a) Freely available resources for Open source software development, (b) coding and documentation requirements for successful source code sharing, and (c) legal issues such as copyrights and license agreements.

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