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Bartolucci, F.; Montanari, G. E.; Pandolfi, S. – Psychometrika, 2012
With reference to a questionnaire aimed at assessing the performance of Italian nursing homes on the basis of the health conditions of their patients, we investigate two relevant issues: dimensionality of the latent structure and discriminating power of the items composing the questionnaire. The approach is based on a multidimensional item…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Probability, Item Analysis, Test Items
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Rijmen, Frank; Vansteelandt, Kristof; De Boeck, Paul – Psychometrika, 2008
The increasing use of diary methods calls for the development of appropriate statistical methods. For the resulting panel data, latent Markov models can be used to model both individual differences and temporal dynamics. The computational burden associated with these models can be overcome by exploiting the conditional independence relations…
Descriptors: Markov Processes, Patients, Regression (Statistics), Probability
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Savalei, Victoria – Psychometrika, 2006
A rationale is proposed for approximating the normal distribution with a logistic distribution using a scaling constant based on minimizing the Kullback-Leibler (KL) information, that is, the expected amount of information available in a sample to distinguish between two competing distributions using a likelihood ratio (LR) test, assuming one of…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Computation, Probability, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
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Kohli, Rajeev; Jedidi, Kamel – Psychometrika, 2005
The authors introduce subset conjunction as a classification rule by which an acceptable alternative must satisfy some minimum number of criteria. The rule subsumes conjunctive and disjunctive decision strategies as special cases. Subset conjunction can be represented in a binary-response model, for example, in a logistic regression, using only…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Probability, Models, Classification
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Luce, R. Duncan – Psychometrika, 2005
Two examples of behavioral measurement are explored--utility theory and a global psychophysical theory of intensity--that closely parallel the foundations of classical physical measurement in several ways. First, the qualitative attribute in question can be manipulated in two independent ways. Second, each method of manipulation is axiomatized and…
Descriptors: Probability, Behavior Theories, Measurement Techniques, Psychometrics
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Jansen, M. G. H.; Glas, C. A. W. – Psychometrika, 2005
Two new tests for a model for the response times on pure speed tests by Rasch (1960) are proposed. The model is based on the assumption that the test response times are approximately gamma distributed, with known index parameters and unknown rate parameters. The rate parameters are decomposed in a subject ability parameter and a test difficulty…
Descriptors: Timed Tests, Reaction Time, Models, Difficulty Level
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Kistner, Emily O.; Muller, Keith E. – Psychometrika, 2004
Intraclass correlation and Cronbach's alpha are widely used to describe reliability of tests and measurements. Even with Gaussian data, exact distributions are known only for compound symmetric covariance (equal variances and equal correlations). Recently, large sample Gaussian approximations were derived for the distribution functions. New exact…
Descriptors: Correlation, Test Reliability, Test Results, Probability