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Finkelman, Matthew D.; Smits, Niels; Kim, Wonsuk; Riley, Barth – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2012
The Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale is a well-known self-report instrument that is used to measure depressive symptomatology. Respondents who take the full-length version of the CES-D are administered a total of 20 items. This article investigates the use of curtailment and stochastic curtailment (SC), two sequential…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Depression (Psychology), Test Length, Computer Assisted Testing
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)
Garcia-Perez, Miguel A.; Alcala-Quintana, Rocio; Garcia-Cueto, Eduardo – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2010
Current interest in measuring quality of life is generating interest in the construction of computerized adaptive tests (CATs) with Likert-type items. Calibration of an item bank for use in CAT requires collecting responses to a large number of candidate items. However, the number is usually too large to administer to each subject in the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Test Items, Equated Scores, Item Banks
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
Choi, Seung W.; Swartz, Richard J. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2009
Item selection is a core component in computerized adaptive testing (CAT). Several studies have evaluated new and classical selection methods; however, the few that have applied such methods to the use of polytomous items have reported conflicting results. To clarify these discrepancies and further investigate selection method properties, six…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Item Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Test Items
Abad, Francisco J.; Olea, Julio; Ponsoda, Vicente – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2009
This article deals with some of the problems that have hindered the application of Samejima's and Thissen and Steinberg's multiple-choice models: (a) parameter estimation difficulties owing to the large number of parameters involved, (b) parameter identifiability problems in the Thissen and Steinberg model, and (c) their treatment of omitted…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Models, Computation, Simulation
Hol, A. Michiel; Vorst, Harrie C. M.; Mellenbergh, Gideon J. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2007
In a randomized experiment (n = 515), a computerized and a computerized adaptive test (CAT) are compared. The item pool consists of 24 polytomous motivation items. Although items are carefully selected, calibration data show that Samejima's graded response model did not fit the data optimally. A simulation study is done to assess possible…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Simulation, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing

Pastor, Dena A.; Dodd, Barbara G.; Chang, Hua-Hua – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2002
Studied the impact of using five different exposure control algorithms in two sizes of item pool calibrated using the generalized partial credit model. Simulation results show that the a-stratified design, in comparison to a no-exposure control condition, could be used to reduce item exposure and overlap and increase pool use, while degrading…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Item Banks

Neuman, George; Baydoun, Ramzi – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1998
Studied the cross-mode equivalence of paper-and-pencil and computer-based clerical tests with 141 undergraduates. Found no differences across modes for the two types of tests. Differences can be minimized when speeded computerized tests follow the same administration and response procedures as the paper format. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Higher Education

Stocking, Martha L. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1997
Investigated three models that permit restricted examinee control over revising previous answers in the context of adaptive testing, using simulation. Two models permitting item revisions worked well in preserving test fairness and accuracy, and one model may preserve some cognitive processing styles developed by examinees for a linear testing…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
Wang, Wen-Chung; Chen, Po-Hsi – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2004
Multidimensional adaptive testing (MAT) procedures are proposed for the measurement of several latent traits by a single examination. Bayesian latent trait estimation and adaptive item selection are derived. Simulations were conducted to compare the measurement efficiency of MAT with those of unidimensional adaptive testing and random…
Descriptors: Item Analysis, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation

Hetter, Rebecca D.; And Others – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1994
Effects on computerized adaptive test score of using a paper-and-pencil (P&P) calibration to select items and estimate scores were compared with effects of using computer calibration. Results with 2,999 Navy recruits support the use of item parameters calibrated from either P&P or computer administrations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Estimation (Mathematics)

Dodd, Barbara G. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1990
Using one simulated and two real data sets, the effects of the systematic variation of the item-selection procedure and the stepsize method on the operating characteristics of computerized adaptive testing (CAT) for instruments with polychotomously scored rating scale items were studied. The six rating scale CAT procedures used performed well.…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing