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Gu, Fei; Skorupski, William P.; Hoyle, Larry; Kingston, Neal M. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2011
Ramsay-curve item response theory (RC-IRT) is a nonparametric procedure that estimates the latent trait using splines, and no distributional assumption about the latent trait is required. For item parameters of the two-parameter logistic (2-PL), three-parameter logistic (3-PL), and polytomous IRT models, RC-IRT can provide more accurate estimates…
Descriptors: Intervals, Item Response Theory, Models, Evaluation Methods
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Zhang, Bo; Walker, Cindy M. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2008
The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of missing data on person-model fit and person trait estimation in tests with dichotomous items. Under the missing-completely-at-random framework, four missing data treatment techniques were investigated including pairwise deletion, coding missing responses as incorrect, hotdeck imputation,…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Computation, Goodness of Fit, Test Items
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de la Torre, Jimmy – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2008
Recent work has shown that multidimensionally scoring responses from different tests can provide better ability estimates. For educational assessment data, applications of this approach have been limited to binary scores. Of the different variants, the de la Torre and Patz model is considered more general because implementing the scoring procedure…
Descriptors: Markov Processes, Scoring, Data Analysis, Item Response Theory
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Habing, Brian; Finch, Holmes; Roberts, James S. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2005
Although there are many methods available for dimensionality assessment for items with monotone item response functions, there are few methods available for unfolding item response theory models. In this study, a modification of Yen's Q3 statistic is proposed for the case of these nonmonotone item response models. Through a simulation study, the…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Simulation, Multidimensional Scaling, Item Response Theory
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Tong, Ye; Kolen, Michael – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2005
The performance of three equating methods--the presmoothed equipercentile method, the item response theory (IRT) true score method, and the IRT observed score method--were examined based on three equating criteria: the same distributions property, the first-order equity property, and the second-order equity property. The magnitude of the…
Descriptors: True Scores, Criteria, Raw Scores, Item Response Theory
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Belov, Dmitry I.; Armstrong, Ronald D. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2005
A new test assembly algorithm based on a Monte Carlo random search is presented in this article. A major advantage of the Monte Carlo test assembly over other approaches (integer programming or enumerative heuristics) is that it performs a uniform sampling from the item pool, which provides every feasible item combination (test) with an equal…
Descriptors: Item Banks, Computer Assisted Testing, Monte Carlo Methods, Evaluation Methods