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Cole, Ki; Paek, Insu – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2022
Statistical Analysis Software (SAS) is a widely used tool for data management analysis across a variety of fields. The procedure for item response theory (PROC IRT) is one to perform unidimensional and multidimensional item response theory (IRT) analysis for dichotomous and polytomous data. This review provides a summary of the features of PROC…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Computer Software, Item Analysis, Statistical Analysis
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Raykov, Tenko; Pusic, Martin – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2023
This note is concerned with evaluation of location parameters for polytomous items in multiple-component measuring instruments. A point and interval estimation procedure for these parameters is outlined that is developed within the framework of latent variable modeling. The method permits educational, behavioral, biomedical, and marketing…
Descriptors: Item Analysis, Measurement Techniques, Computer Software, Intervals
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Paul J. Walter; Edward Nuhfer; Crisel Suarez – Numeracy, 2021
We introduce an approach for making a quantitative comparison of the item response curves (IRCs) of any two populations on a multiple-choice test instrument. In this study, we employ simulated and actual data. We apply our approach to a dataset of 12,187 participants on the 25-item Science Literacy Concept Inventory (SLCI), which includes ample…
Descriptors: Item Analysis, Multiple Choice Tests, Simulation, Data Analysis