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Direct linkHenson, Robert; Douglas, Jeff – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2005
Although cognitive diagnostic models (CDMs) can be useful in the analysis and interpretation of existing tests, little has been developed to specify how one might construct a good test using aspects of the CDMs. This article discusses the derivation of a general CDM index based on Kullback-Leibler information that will serve as a measure of how…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Diagnostic Tests, Clinical Diagnosis, Heuristics
Peer reviewedJanssen, Rianne; De Boeck, Paul – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1997
Used the multicomponent latent trait model (MTLM) (S. Embretson, 1980, 1984) for 3 different synonym tasks completed by 212 and 257 Belgian secondary school students. Developed a heuristic evaluation procedure that tested features of the model and provided an explanation for why the MTLM did not fit the data. (SLD)
Descriptors: Componential Analysis, Foreign Countries, Heuristics, Item Response Theory
