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Download full textBramley, Tom – Research Matters, 2020
The aim of this study was to compare, by simulation, the accuracy of mapping a cut-score from one test to another by expert judgement (using the Angoff method) versus the accuracy with a small-sample equating method (chained linear equating). As expected, the standard-setting method resulted in more accurate equating when we assumed a higher level…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Standard Setting (Scoring), Equated Scores, Accuracy
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This study presents a new approach to synthesizing differential item functioning (DIF) effect size: First, using correlation matrices from each study, we perform a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA) that examines measurement invariance of a test item between two subgroups (i.e., focal and reference groups). Then we synthesize, across…
Descriptors: Item Analysis, Effect Size, Difficulty Level, Monte Carlo Methods
Dirlik, Ezgi Mor – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2019
Item response theory (IRT) has so many advantages than its precedent Classical Test Theory (CTT) such as non-changing item parameters, ability parameter estimations free from the items. However, in order to get these advantages, some assumptions should be met and they are; unidimensionality, normality and local independence. However, it is not…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Nonparametric Statistics, Item Response Theory, Models
He, Qingping; Anwyll, Steve; Glanville, Matthew; Opposs, Dennis – Research Papers in Education, 2014
Since 2010, the whole national cohort Key Stage 2 (KS2) National Curriculum test in science in England has been replaced with a sampling test taken by pupils at the age of 11 from a nationally representative sample of schools annually. The study reported in this paper compares the performance of different subgroups of the samples (classified by…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Sampling, Foreign Countries, Factor Analysis
DeMars, Christine E. – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
In structural equation modeling software, either limited-information (bivariate proportions) or full-information item parameter estimation routines could be used for the 2-parameter item response theory (IRT) model. Limited-information methods assume the continuous variable underlying an item response is normally distributed. For skewed and…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Structural Equation Models, Computation, Computer Software
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
Sinharay, Sandip; Holland, Paul – ETS Research Report Series, 2006
It is a widely held belief that anchor tests should be miniature versions (i.e., minitests), with respect to content and statistical characteristics of the tests being equated. This paper examines the foundations for this belief. It examines the requirement of statistical representativeness of anchor tests that are content representative. The…
Descriptors: Test Items, Equated Scores, Evaluation Methods, Difficulty Level
Jones, Patricia B.; And Others – 1987
In order to determine the effectiveness of multidimensional scaling (MDS) in recovering the dimensionality of a set of dichotomously-scored items, data were simulated in one, two, and three dimensions for a variety of correlations with the underlying latent trait. Similarity matrices were constructed from these data using three margin-sensitive…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Correlation, Difficulty Level, Error of Measurement
