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Sinar, Evan F.; Zickar, Michael J. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2002
Examined the influence of deviant scale items on item parameter estimates of focal scale items and person parameter estimates through a comparison of item response theory (IRT) and classical test theory (CTT) models. Used Monte Carlo methods to explore results from a pilot investigation of job attitude data. Discusses implications for researchers…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Estimation (Mathematics), Monte Carlo Methods, Robustness (Statistics)