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Withagen, Ans; Vervloed, Mathijs P. J.; Janssen, Neeltje M.; Knoors, Harry; Verhoeven, Ludo – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2009
The Tactual Profile assesses tactual functioning of children with severe visual impairments between 0 and 16 years of age. The Tactual Profile consists of 430 items, measuring tactile skills required for performing everyday tasks at home and in school. Items are graded according to age level and divided into three domains: tactual sensory, tactual…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Visual Impairments, Verbal Tests, Construct Validity
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Culpepper, Steven Andrew – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2009
This study linked nonlinear profile analysis (NPA) of dichotomous responses with an existing family of item response theory models and generalized latent variable models (GLVM). The NPA method offers several benefits over previous internal profile analysis methods: (a) NPA is estimated with maximum likelihood in a GLVM framework rather than…
Descriptors: Profiles, Item Response Theory, Models, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
Kino, Mary M.; And Others – 1995
Item response theory (IRT) has been used extensively to study differential item functioning (dif) and to identify potentially biased items. The use of IRT for diagnostic purposes is less prevalent and has received comparatively less attention. This study addressed differential objective function (dof) to identify potentially biased content units.…
Descriptors: Ability, Analysis of Variance, Demography, Difficulty Level