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Christine E. DeMars; Paulius Satkus – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2024
Marginal maximum likelihood, a common estimation method for item response theory models, is not inherently a Bayesian procedure. However, due to estimation difficulties, Bayesian priors are often applied to the likelihood when estimating 3PL models, especially with small samples. Little focus has been placed on choosing the priors for marginal…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Statistical Distributions, Error of Measurement, Bayesian Statistics
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Han, Yuting; Zhang, Jihong; Jiang, Zhehan; Shi, Dexin – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2023
In the literature of modern psychometric modeling, mostly related to item response theory (IRT), the fit of model is evaluated through known indices, such as X[superscript 2], M2, and root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) for absolute assessments as well as Akaike information criterion (AIC), consistent AIC (CAIC), and Bayesian…
Descriptors: Goodness of Fit, Psychometrics, Error of Measurement, Item Response Theory
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Kim, Stella Yun; Lee, Won-Chan – Applied Measurement in Education, 2023
This study evaluates various scoring methods including number-correct scoring, IRT theta scoring, and hybrid scoring in terms of scale-score stability over time. A simulation study was conducted to examine the relative performance of five scoring methods in terms of preserving the first two moments of scale scores for a population in a chain of…
Descriptors: Scoring, Comparative Analysis, Item Response Theory, Simulation
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van der Linden, Wim J.; Ren, Hao – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2020
The Bayesian way of accounting for the effects of error in the ability and item parameters in adaptive testing is through the joint posterior distribution of all parameters. An optimized Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for adaptive testing is presented, which samples this distribution in real time to score the examinee's ability and optimally…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Adaptive Testing, Error of Measurement, Markov Processes
Zhang, Xue; Wang, Chun; Tao, Jian – Grantee Submission, 2018
Testing item-level fit is important in scale development to guide item revision/deletion. Many item-level fit indices have been proposed in literature, yet none of them were directly applicable to an important family of models, namely, the higher order item response theory (HO-IRT) models. In this study, chi-square-based fit indices (i.e., Yen's…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Models, Test Items, Goodness of Fit
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Lee, HyeSun; Smith, Weldon Z. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2020
Based on the framework of testlet models, the current study suggests the Bayesian random block item response theory (BRB IRT) model to fit forced-choice formats where an item block is composed of three or more items. To account for local dependence among items within a block, the BRB IRT model incorporated a random block effect into the response…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Item Response Theory, Monte Carlo Methods, Test Format
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Lee, Woo-yeol; Cho, Sun-Joo – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2017
Cross-level invariance in a multilevel item response model can be investigated by testing whether the within-level item discriminations are equal to the between-level item discriminations. Testing the cross-level invariance assumption is important to understand constructs in multilevel data. However, in most multilevel item response model…
Descriptors: Test Items, Item Response Theory, Item Analysis, Simulation
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Lee, Soo; Suh, Youngsuk – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2018
Lord's Wald test for differential item functioning (DIF) has not been studied extensively in the context of the multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) framework. In this article, Lord's Wald test was implemented using two estimation approaches, marginal maximum likelihood estimation and Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo estimation, to detect…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Sample Size, Models, Error of Measurement
Kim, Weon H. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of the present study is to apply the item response theory (IRT) and testlet response theory (TRT) models to a reading comprehension test. This study applied the TRT models and the traditional IRT model to a seventh-grade reading comprehension test (n = 8,815) with eight testlets. These three models were compared to determine the best…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Items, Correlation, Reading Tests
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Liang, Longjuan; Browne, Michael W. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2015
If standard two-parameter item response functions are employed in the analysis of a test with some newly constructed items, it can be expected that, for some items, the item response function (IRF) will not fit the data well. This lack of fit can also occur when standard IRFs are fitted to personality or psychopathology items. When investigating…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Statistical Analysis, Goodness of Fit, Bayesian Statistics
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Li, Tongyun; Jiao, Hong; Macready, George B. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2016
The present study investigates different approaches to adding covariates and the impact in fitting mixture item response theory models. Mixture item response theory models serve as an important methodology for tackling several psychometric issues in test development, including the detection of latent differential item functioning. A Monte Carlo…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Psychometrics, Test Construction, Monte Carlo Methods
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Kim, Sooyeon; Moses, Tim; Yoo, Hanwook Henry – ETS Research Report Series, 2015
The purpose of this inquiry was to investigate the effectiveness of item response theory (IRT) proficiency estimators in terms of estimation bias and error under multistage testing (MST). We chose a 2-stage MST design in which 1 adaptation to the examinees' ability levels takes place. It includes 4 modules (1 at Stage 1, 3 at Stage 2) and 3 paths…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Computation, Statistical Bias, Error of Measurement
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Levy, Roy – Educational Psychologist, 2016
In this article, I provide a conceptually oriented overview of Bayesian approaches to statistical inference and contrast them with frequentist approaches that currently dominate conventional practice in educational research. The features and advantages of Bayesian approaches are illustrated with examples spanning several statistical modeling…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Models, Educational Research, Innovation
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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
Lockwood, J. R.; Castellano, Katherine E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2017
Student Growth Percentiles (SGPs) increasingly are being used in the United States for inferences about student achievement growth and educator effectiveness. Emerging research has indicated that SGPs estimated from observed test scores have large measurement errors. As such, little is known about "true" SGPs, which are defined in terms…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Correlation, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement
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