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Direct linkJianbin Fu; Xuan Tan; Patrick C. Kyllonen – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2024
This paper presents the item and test information functions of the Rank two-parameter logistic models (Rank-2PLM) for items with two (pair) and three (triplet) statements in forced-choice questionnaires. The Rank-2PLM model for pairs is the MUPP-2PLM (Multi-Unidimensional Pairwise Preference) and, for triplets, is the Triplet-2PLM. Fisher's…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Test Items, Item Response Theory, Models
Gyamfi, Abraham; Acquaye, Rosemary – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2023
Introduction: Item response theory (IRT) has received much attention in validation of assessment instrument because it allows the estimation of students' ability from any set of the items. Item response theory allows the difficulty and discrimination levels of each item on the test to be estimated. In the framework of IRT, item characteristics are…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Models, Test Items, Difficulty Level
Chen, Yunxiao; Lee, Yi-Hsuan; Li, Xiaoou – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2022
In standardized educational testing, test items are reused in multiple test administrations. To ensure the validity of test scores, the psychometric properties of items should remain unchanged over time. In this article, we consider the sequential monitoring of test items, in particular, the detection of abrupt changes to their psychometric…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Test Items, Test Validity, Scores
He, Qingping; Meadows, Michelle; Black, Beth – Research Papers in Education, 2022
A potential negative consequence of high-stakes testing is inappropriate test behaviour involving individuals and/or institutions. Inappropriate test behaviour and test collusion can result in aberrant response patterns and anomalous test scores and invalidate the intended interpretation and use of test results. A variety of statistical techniques…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, High Stakes Tests, Scores, Response Style (Tests)
Download full textCraig K. Enders – Grantee Submission, 2023
The year 2022 is the 20th anniversary of Joseph Schafer and John Graham's paper titled "Missing data: Our view of the state of the art," currently the most highly cited paper in the history of "Psychological Methods." Much has changed since 2002, as missing data methodologies have continually evolved and improved; the range of…
Descriptors: Data, Research, Theories, Regression (Statistics)
Sengül Avsar, Asiye – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2020
In order to reach valid and reliable test scores, various test theories have been developed, and one of them is nonparametric item response theory (NIRT). Mokken Models are the most widely known NIRT models which are useful for small samples and short tests. Mokken Package is useful for Mokken Scale Analysis. An important issue about validity is…
Descriptors: Response Style (Tests), Nonparametric Statistics, Item Response Theory, Test Validity
Petscher, Y.; Pentimonti, J.; Stanley, C. – National Center on Improving Literacy, 2019
Validity is broadly defined as how well something measures what it's supposed to measure. The reliability and validity of scores from assessments are two concepts that are closely knit together and feed into each other.
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Scores, Test Validity, Test Reliability
Leventhal, Brian; Ames, Allison – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2020
In this digital ITEMS module, Dr. Brian Leventhal and Dr. Allison Ames provide an overview of "Monte Carlo simulation studies" (MCSS) in "item response theory" (IRT). MCSS are utilized for a variety of reasons, one of the most compelling being that they can be used when analytic solutions are impractical or nonexistent because…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Monte Carlo Methods, Simulation, Test Items
Sinharay, Sandip – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2019
Test score users often demand the reporting of subscores due to their potential diagnostic, remedial, and instructional benefits. Therefore, there is substantial pressure on testing programs to report subscores. However, professional standards require that subscores have to satisfy minimum quality standards before they can be reported. In this…
Descriptors: Testing, Scores, Item Response Theory, Evaluation Methods
Farmer, Cristan A.; Kaat, Aaron J.; Thurm, Audrey; Anselm, Irina; Akshoomoff, Natacha; Bennett, Amanda; Berry, Leandra; Bruchey, Aleksandra; Barshop, Bruce A.; Berry-Kravis, Elizabeth; Bianconi, Simona; Cecil, Kim M.; Davis, Robert J.; Ficicioglu, Can; Porter, Forbes D.; Wainer, Allison; Goin-Kochel, Robin P.; Leonczyk, Caroline; Guthrie, Whitney; Koeberl, Dwight; Love-Nichols, Jamie; Mamak, Eva; Mercimek-Andrews, Saadet; Thomas, Rebecca P.; Spiridigliozzi, Gail A.; Sullivan, Nancy; Sutton, Vernon R.; Udhnani, Manisha D.; Waisbren, Susan E.; Miller, Judith S. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Although norm-referenced scores are essential to the identification of disability, they possess several features which affect their sensitivity to change. Norm-referenced scores often decrease over time among people with neurodevelopmental disorders who exhibit slower-than-average increases in ability. Further, the reliability of norm-referenced…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Norm Referenced Tests, Scores, Ability
Raykov, Tenko; Marcoulides, George A.; Huber, Chuck – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2020
It is demonstrated that the popular three-parameter logistic model can lead to markedly inaccurate individual ability level estimates for mixture populations. A theoretically and empirically important setting is initially considered where (a) in one of two subpopulations (latent classes) the two-parameter logistic model holds for each item in a…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Models, Measurement Techniques, Item Analysis
Van Mol, Christof – Teaching Sociology, 2021
This note discusses a class activity that was developed for first-year bachelor students in sociology to understand homogamy theory. Taught in a "classical" deductive way, this theory proved to be difficult to remember and describe on the examination. Starting from inductive learning, and more specifically, (structured) inquiry-guided…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Sociology, Marriage, Social Theories
Nicewander, W. Alan – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2019
This inquiry is focused on three indicators of the precision of measurement--conditional on fixed values of ?, the latent variable of item response theory (IRT). The indicators that are compared are (1) The traditional, conditional standard errors, s(eX|?) = CSEM; (2) the IRT-based conditional standard errors, s[subscript irt](eX|?)=C[subscript…
Descriptors: Measurement, Accuracy, Scores, Error of Measurement
Baddeley, Alan D. – Second Language Research, 2017
The concept of modularity is used to contrast the approach to working memory proposed by Truscott with the Baddeley and Hitch multicomponent model. This proposes four sub components comprising the "central executive," an executive control system of limited attentional capacity that utilises storage based on separate but interlinked…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Executive Function, Phonology, Visual Perception
Beaujean, A. Alexander; Benson, Nicholas F. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2019
Charles Spearman and L. L. Thurstone were pioneers in the field of intelligence. They not only developed methods to assess and understand intelligence, but also developed theories about its structure and function. Methodologically, their approaches were not that distinct, but their theories of intelligence were philosophically very different --…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Intelligence Tests, Scores, Theories
