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Park, Minjeong; Wu, Amery D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2019
Item response tree (IRTree) models are recently introduced as an approach to modeling response data from Likert-type rating scales. IRTree models are particularly useful to capture a variety of individuals' behaviors involving in item responding. This study employed IRTree models to investigate response styles, which are individuals' tendencies to…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Models, Likert Scales, Response Style (Tests)
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Dube, Chad; Rotello, Caren M.; Heit, Evan – Psychological Review, 2010
A belief bias effect in syllogistic reasoning (Evans, Barston, & Pollard, 1983) is observed when subjects accept more valid than invalid arguments and more believable than unbelievable conclusions and show greater overall accuracy in judging arguments with unbelievable conclusions. The effect is measured with a contrast of contrasts, comparing…
Descriptors: Response Style (Tests), Item Analysis, Error of Measurement, Replication (Evaluation)