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Iterative Item Selection of Neighborhood Clusters: A Nonparametric and Non-IRT Method for Generating Miniature Computer Adaptive Questionnaires
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Yongze Xu – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2024
The questionnaire method has always been an important research method in psychology. The increasing prevalence of multidimensional trait measures in psychological research has led researchers to use longer questionnaires. However, questionnaires that are too long will inevitably reduce the quality of the completed questionnaires and the efficiency…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Questionnaires, Generalization, Simulation
Measuring and Modeling Human Capital: Confirmatory IRT, Poor-Proxy Bias, and Latent Convection
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Stefan Lorenz – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation develops and applies sophisticated Item Response Theory (IRT) methods to address fundamental measurement challenges in cognitive testing, focusing on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). The first chapter implements a confirmatory multidimensional IRT…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Item Response Theory, Vocational Aptitude, Armed Forces
Empirical Initialization of the Trait Estimator in Adaptive Testing.
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van der Linden, Wim J. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1999
Proposes a procedure for empirical initialization of the trait (theta) estimator in adaptive testing that is based on the statistical relation between theta and background variables known prior to test administration. Illustrates the procedure for an adaptive version of a test from the Dutch General Aptitude Battery. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Aptitude Tests, Bayesian Statistics, Computer Assisted Testing
Robustness of Ability Estimation to Multidimensionality in CAST with Implications to Test Assembly
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Zhang, Yanwei; Nandakumar, Ratna – Online Submission, 2006
Computer Adaptive Sequential Testing (CAST) is a test delivery model that combines features of the traditional conventional paper-and-pencil testing and item-based computerized adaptive testing (CAT). The basic structure of CAST is a panel composed of multiple testlets adaptively administered to examinees at different stages. Current applications…
Descriptors: Item Banks, Item Response Theory, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing
The Effects of Variable Entry for a Bayesian Adaptive Test.
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Hankins, Janette A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1990
The effects of a fixed and variable entry procedure on bias and information of a Bayesian adaptive test were compared. Neither procedure produced biased ability estimates on the average. Bias at the distribution extremes, efficiency curves, item subsets generated for administration, and items required to reach termination are discussed. (TJH)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Aptitude Tests, Bayesian Statistics, Comparative Analysis
Advances in Educational and Psychological Testing: Theory and Applications. Evaluation in Education and Human Services Series.
Hambleton, Ronald K., Ed.; Zaal, Jac N., Ed. – 1991
The 14 chapters of this book focus on the technical advances, advances in applied settings, and emerging topics in the testing field. Part 1 discusses methodological advances, Part 2 considers developments in applied settings, and Part 3 reviews emerging topics in the field of testing. Part 1 papers include: (1) "Advances in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Aptitude Tests, Computer Assisted Testing