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Yavuz, Guler; Hambleton, Ronald K. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2017
Application of MIRT modeling procedures is dependent on the quality of parameter estimates provided by the estimation software and techniques used. This study investigated model parameter recovery of two popular MIRT packages, BMIRT and flexMIRT, under some common measurement conditions. These packages were specifically selected to investigate the…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Models, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software
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Wang, Wen-Chung; Liu, Chen-Wei; Wu, Shiu-Lien – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2013
The random-threshold generalized unfolding model (RTGUM) was developed by treating the thresholds in the generalized unfolding model as random effects rather than fixed effects to account for the subjective nature of the selection of categories in Likert items. The parameters of the new model can be estimated with the JAGS (Just Another Gibbs…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Models, Bayesian Statistics
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Nandakumar, Ratna; Yu, Feng; Zhang, Yanwei – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2011
DETECT is a nonparametric methodology to identify the dimensional structure underlying test data. The associated DETECT index, "D[subscript max]," denotes the degree of multidimensionality in data. Conditional covariances (CCOV) are the building blocks of this index. In specifying population CCOVs, the latent test composite [theta][subscript TT]…
Descriptors: Nonparametric Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Tests, Data
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Kieftenbeld, Vincent; Natesan, Prathiba – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2012
Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods enable a fully Bayesian approach to parameter estimation of item response models. In this simulation study, the authors compared the recovery of graded response model parameters using marginal maximum likelihood (MML) and Gibbs sampling (MCMC) under various latent trait distributions, test lengths, and…
Descriptors: Test Length, Markov Processes, Item Response Theory, Monte Carlo Methods
Deng, Nina – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Three decision consistency and accuracy (DC/DA) methods, the Livingston and Lewis (LL) method, LEE method, and the Hambleton and Han (HH) method, were evaluated. The purposes of the study were: (1) to evaluate the accuracy and robustness of these methods, especially when their assumptions were not well satisfied, (2) to investigate the "true"…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Theory, Computation, Classification
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Finch, Holmes – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2010
The accuracy of item parameter estimates in the multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) model context is one that has not been researched in great detail. This study examines the ability of two confirmatory factor analysis models specifically for dichotomous data to properly estimate item parameters using common formulae for converting factor…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Computation, Factor Analysis, Models