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Tate, Richard L. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2004
The valid provision of subscores from an item response theory-based test implies a multidimensional test structure. Assuming, in the construction of a new test, that the test features required for a valid and reliable total test score have been specified already, this article describes the resulting subscore performance and the resulting…
Descriptors: Scores, Test Items, Item Response Theory, Test Construction
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Mendes-Barnett, Sharon; Ercikan, Kadriye – Applied Measurement in Education, 2006
This study contributes to understanding sources of gender differential item functioning (DIF) on mathematics tests. This study focused on identifying sources of DIF and differential bundle functioning for boys and girls on the British Columbia Principles of Mathematics Exam (Grade 12) using a confirmatory SIBTEST approach based on a…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Test Bias, Mathematics Tests, Multidimensional Scaling
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Rocklin, Thomas – Applied Measurement in Education, 1992
College students rated dissimilarity of pairs of common test item formats. A multidimensional scaling model with individual differences fit to data from 111 students suggested that they used 2 dimensions to distinguish among the formats, 1 separating supply from selection items and 1 based on the number of options. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, College Students, Higher Education
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Miller, Timothy R.; Hirsch, Thomas M. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1992
A procedure for interpreting multiple-discrimination indices from a multidimensional item-response theory analysis is described and demonstrated with responses of 1,635 high school students to a multiple-choice test. The procedure consists of converting discrimination parameter estimates to direction cosines and analyzing the angular distances…
Descriptors: Ability, Cluster Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Estimation (Mathematics)