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Sinharay, Sandip – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2015
Person-fit assessment may help the researcher to obtain additional information regarding the answering behavior of persons. Although several researchers examined person fit, there is a lack of research on person-fit assessment for mixed-format tests. In this article, the lz statistic and the ?2 statistic, both of which have been used for tests…
Descriptors: Test Format, Goodness of Fit, Item Response Theory, Bayesian Statistics
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Tan, E. S.; And Others – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1994
A study of the relationship between first-year results for 115 Dutch medical students and achievement during medical school was studied using an item-response theory model for the longitudinal measure of change with stochastic parameters (developed by Albers et al., 1989) indicates that a low rate of growth in the first year persists. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries