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Yao, Lihua – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2013
Through simulated data, five multidimensional computerized adaptive testing (MCAT) selection procedures with varying test lengths are examined and compared using different stopping rules. Fixed item exposure rates are used for all the items, and the Priority Index (PI) method is used for the content constraints. Two stopping rules, standard error…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Test Items, Selection
Diao, Qi; van der Linden, Wim J. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2011
This article reviews the use of the software program lp_solve version 5.5 for solving mixed-integer automated test assembly (ATA) problems. The program is freely available under Lesser General Public License 2 (LGPL2). It can be called from the statistical language R using the lpSolveAPI interface. Three empirical problems are presented to…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Software, Literature Reviews, Computer Assisted Testing
Chen, Shu-Ying – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2010
To date, exposure control procedures that are designed to control test overlap in computerized adaptive tests (CATs) are based on the assumption of item sharing between pairs of examinees. However, in practice, examinees may obtain test information from more than one previous test taker. This larger scope of information sharing needs to be…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Methods, Test Items
Green, Bert F. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2011
This article refutes a recent claim that computer-based tests produce biased scores for very proficient test takers who make mistakes on one or two initial items and that the "bias" can be reduced by using a four-parameter IRT model. Because the same effect occurs with pattern scores on nonadaptive tests, the effect results from IRT scoring, not…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Bias, Item Response Theory
Yen, Yung-Chin; Ho, Rong-Guey; Laio, Wen-Wei; Chen, Li-Ju; Kuo, Ching-Chin – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2012
In a selected response test, aberrant responses such as careless errors and lucky guesses might cause error in ability estimation because these responses do not actually reflect the knowledge that examinees possess. In a computerized adaptive test (CAT), these aberrant responses could further cause serious estimation error due to dynamic item…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Test Items, Response Style (Tests)
Murphy, Daniel L.; Dodd, Barbara G.; Vaughn, Brandon K. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2010
This study examined the performance of the maximum Fisher's information, the maximum posterior weighted information, and the minimum expected posterior variance methods for selecting items in a computerized adaptive testing system when the items were grouped in testlets. A simulation study compared the efficiency of ability estimation among the…
Descriptors: Simulation, Adaptive Testing, Item Analysis, Item Response Theory
Barrada, Juan Ramon; Olea, Julio; Ponsoda, Vicente; Abad, Francisco Jose – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2010
In a typical study comparing the relative efficiency of two item selection rules in computerized adaptive testing, the common result is that they simultaneously differ in accuracy and security, making it difficult to reach a conclusion on which is the more appropriate rule. This study proposes a strategy to conduct a global comparison of two or…
Descriptors: Test Items, Simulation, Adaptive Testing, Item Analysis
Riley, Barth B.; Dennis, Michael L.; Conrad, Kendon J. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2010
This simulation study sought to compare four different computerized adaptive testing (CAT) content-balancing procedures designed for use in a multidimensional assessment with respect to measurement precision, symptom severity classification, validity of clinical diagnostic recommendations, and sensitivity to atypical responding. The four…
Descriptors: Simulation, Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Comparative Analysis
Finkelman, Matthew David – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2010
In sequential mastery testing (SMT), assessment via computer is used to classify examinees into one of two mutually exclusive categories. Unlike paper-and-pencil tests, SMT has the capability to use variable-length stopping rules. One approach to shortening variable-length tests is stochastic curtailment, which halts examination if the probability…
Descriptors: Mastery Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Test Length
van der Linden, Wim J. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2009
An adaptive testing method is presented that controls the speededness of a test using predictions of the test takers' response times on the candidate items in the pool. Two different types of predictions are investigated: posterior predictions given the actual response times on the items already administered and posterior predictions that use the…
Descriptors: Simulation, Adaptive Testing, Vocational Aptitude, Bayesian Statistics
Cor, Ken; Alves, Cecilia; Gierl, Mark J. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2008
This review describes and evaluates a software add-in created by Frontline Systems, Inc., that can be used with Microsoft Excel 2007 to solve large, complex test assembly problems. The combination of Microsoft Excel 2007 with the Frontline Systems Premium Solver Platform is significant because Microsoft Excel is the most commonly used spreadsheet…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computers, Psychometrics, Spreadsheets
Freund, Philipp Alexander; Hofer, Stefan; Holling, Heinz – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2008
Figural matrix items are a popular task type for assessing general intelligence (Spearman's g). Items of this kind can be constructed rationally, allowing the implementation of computerized generation algorithms. In this study, the influence of different task parameters on the degree of difficulty in matrix items was investigated. A sample of N =…
Descriptors: Test Items, Psychometrics, Internet, Matrices
Yi, Qing; Zhang, Jinming; Chang, Hua-Hua – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2008
Criteria had been proposed for assessing the severity of possible test security violations for computerized tests with high-stakes outcomes. However, these criteria resulted from theoretical derivations that assumed uniformly randomized item selection. This study investigated potential damage caused by organized item theft in computerized adaptive…
Descriptors: Test Items, Simulation, Item Analysis, Safety
Ramon Barrada, Juan; Veldkamp, Bernard P.; Olea, Julio – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2009
Computerized adaptive testing is subject to security problems, as the item bank content remains operative over long periods and administration time is flexible for examinees. Spreading the content of a part of the item bank could lead to an overestimation of the examinees' trait level. The most common way of reducing this risk is to impose a…
Descriptors: Item Banks, Adaptive Testing, Item Analysis, Psychometrics
Passos, Valeria Lima; Berger, Martijn P. F.; Tan, Frans E. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2007
The early stage of computerized adaptive testing (CAT) refers to the phase of the trait estimation during the administration of only a few items. This phase can be characterized by bias and instability of estimation. In this study, an item selection criterion is introduced in an attempt to lessen this instability: the D-optimality criterion. A…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Items, Item Response Theory, Computer Assisted Testing