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Direct linkAbulela, Mohammed A. A.; Rios, Joseph A. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2022
When there are no personal consequences associated with test performance for examinees, rapid guessing (RG) is a concern and can differ between subgroups. To date, the impact of differential RG on item-level measurement invariance has received minimal attention. To that end, a simulation study was conducted to examine the robustness of the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Robustness (Statistics), Nonparametric Statistics, Item Analysis
Antal, Judit; Proctor, Thomas P.; Melican, Gerald J. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2014
In common-item equating the anchor block is generally built to represent a miniature form of the total test in terms of content and statistical specifications. The statistical properties frequently reflect equal mean and spread of item difficulty. Sinharay and Holland (2007) suggested that the requirement for equal spread of difficulty may be too…
Descriptors: Test Items, Equated Scores, Difficulty Level, Item Response Theory
Cheong, Yuk Fai; Kamata, Akihito – Applied Measurement in Education, 2013
In this article, we discuss and illustrate two centering and anchoring options available in differential item functioning (DIF) detection studies based on the hierarchical generalized linear and generalized linear mixed modeling frameworks. We compared and contrasted the assumptions of the two options, and examined the properties of their DIF…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Comparative Analysis, Test Items
Koziol, Natalie A. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2016
Testlets, or groups of related items, are commonly included in educational assessments due to their many logistical and conceptual advantages. Despite their advantages, testlets introduce complications into the theory and practice of educational measurement. Responses to items within a testlet tend to be correlated even after controlling for…
Descriptors: Classification, Accuracy, Comparative Analysis, Models
Meyers, Jason L.; Miller, G. Edward; Way, Walter D. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2009
In operational testing programs using item response theory (IRT), item parameter invariance is threatened when an item appears in a different location on the live test than it did when it was field tested. This study utilizes data from a large state's assessments to model change in Rasch item difficulty (RID) as a function of item position change,…
Descriptors: Test Items, Test Content, Testing Programs, Simulation
Peer reviewedWise, Steven L.; Finney, Sara J.; Enders, Craig K.; Freeman, Sharon A.; Severance, Donald D. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1999
Examined whether providing item review on a computerized adaptive test could be used by examinees to inflate their scores. Two studies involving 139 undergraduates suggest that examinees are not highly proficient at discriminating item difficulty. A simulation study showed the usefulness of a strategy identified by G. Kingsbury (1996) as a way to…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level, Higher Education
