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ERIC Number: EJ1359564
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1536-6367
EISSN: EISSN-1536-6359
Application of Network Analysis to Description and Prediction of Assessment Outcomes
Thompson, James J.
Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, v20 n3 p121-138 2022
With the use of computerized testing, ordinary assessments can capture both answer accuracy and answer response time. For the Canadian Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) numeracy and literacy subtests, person ability, person speed, question difficulty, question time intensity, fluency (rate), person fluency (skill), question fluency (load), pace (rank of response time within question), and person pace were assessed. Undirected Gaussian Graphical Model networks of the measures based on partial correlations were predictive of the measures as nodes. The population-based model extrapolated well to individual person estimations. Finally, it was shown that the "training" Canadian model generalized with minor differences to four other English-speaking PIAAC assessments (USA, Great Britain, Ireland, and New Zealand). Thus, the undirected network approach provides a heuristic that is both descriptive and predictive. However, the model is not causal and can be taken as an example of "mutualism."
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada; United States; United Kingdom (Great Britain); Ireland; New Zealand
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
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