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Aybek, Eren Can; Demirtasli, R. Nukhet – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2017
This article aims to provide a theoretical framework for computerized adaptive tests (CAT) and item response theory models for polytomous items. Besides that, it aims to introduce the simulation and live CAT software to the related researchers. Computerized adaptive test algorithm, assumptions of item response theory models, nominal response…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Item Response Theory, Test Items
Hsu, Chia-Ling; Wang, Wen-Chung – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2015
Cognitive diagnosis models provide profile information about a set of latent binary attributes, whereas item response models yield a summary report on a latent continuous trait. To utilize the advantages of both models, higher order cognitive diagnosis models were developed in which information about both latent binary attributes and latent…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Models, Cognitive Measurement
Nydick, Steven W. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2014
The sequential probability ratio test (SPRT) is a common method for terminating item response theory (IRT)-based adaptive classification tests. To decide whether a classification test should stop, the SPRT compares a simple log-likelihood ratio, based on the classification bound separating two categories, to prespecified critical values. As has…
Descriptors: Probability, Item Response Theory, Models, Classification
Seo, Dong Gi; Weiss, David J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2015
Most computerized adaptive tests (CATs) have been studied using the framework of unidimensional item response theory. However, many psychological variables are multidimensional and might benefit from using a multidimensional approach to CATs. This study investigated the accuracy, fidelity, and efficiency of a fully multidimensional CAT algorithm…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Accuracy, Fidelity
Choi, Seung W.; Podrabsky, Tracy; McKinney, Natalie – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2012
Computerized adaptive testing (CAT) enables efficient and flexible measurement of latent constructs. The majority of educational and cognitive measurement constructs are based on dichotomous item response theory (IRT) models. An integral part of developing various components of a CAT system is conducting simulations using both known and empirical…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Computer Software, Item Response Theory
Wang, Wen-Chung; Liu, Chen-Wei; Wu, Shiu-Lien – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2013
The random-threshold generalized unfolding model (RTGUM) was developed by treating the thresholds in the generalized unfolding model as random effects rather than fixed effects to account for the subjective nature of the selection of categories in Likert items. The parameters of the new model can be estimated with the JAGS (Just Another Gibbs…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Models, Bayesian Statistics
Yen, Yung-Chin; Ho, Rong-Guey; Liao, Wen-Wei; Chen, Li-Ju – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
In a test, the testing score would be closer to examinee's actual ability when careless mistakes were corrected. In CAT, however, changing the answer of one item in CAT might cause the following items no longer appropriate for estimating the examinee's ability. These inappropriate items in a reviewable CAT might in turn introduce bias in ability…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Item Response Theory
Landauer, Thomas K.; Kireyev, Kirill; Panaccione, Charles – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2011
A new metric, Word Maturity, estimates the development by individual students of knowledge of every word in a large corpus. The metric is constructed by Latent Semantic Analysis modeling of word knowledge as a function of the reading that a simulated learner has done and is calibrated by its developing closeness in information content to that of a…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Vocabulary Development, Semantics, Statistical Analysis
Rudner, Lawrence M.; Guo, Fanmin – Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 2011
This study investigates measurement decision theory (MDT) as an underlying model for computer adaptive testing when the goal is to classify examinees into one of a finite number of groups. The first analysis compares MDT with a popular item response theory model and finds little difference in terms of the percentage of correct classifications. The…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Instructional Systems, Item Response Theory, Computer Assisted Testing
Finkelman, Matthew; Nering, Michael L.; Roussos, Louis A. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2009
In computerized adaptive testing (CAT), ensuring the security of test items is a crucial practical consideration. A common approach to reducing item theft is to define maximum item exposure rates, i.e., to limit the proportion of examinees to whom a given item can be administered. Numerous methods for controlling exposure rates have been proposed…
Descriptors: Test Items, Adaptive Testing, Item Analysis, Item Response Theory
Rulison, Kelly L.; Loken, Eric – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2009
A difficult result to interpret in Computerized Adaptive Tests (CATs) occurs when an ability estimate initially drops and then ascends continuously until the test ends, suggesting that the true ability may be higher than implied by the final estimate. This study explains why this asymmetry occurs and shows that early mistakes by high-ability…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Item Response Theory, Academic Ability
Cheng, Ying – Psychometrika, 2009
Computerized adaptive testing (CAT) is a mode of testing which enables more efficient and accurate recovery of one or more latent traits. Traditionally, CAT is built upon Item Response Theory (IRT) models that assume unidimensionality. However, the problem of how to build CAT upon latent class models (LCM) has not been investigated until recently,…
Descriptors: Simulation, Adaptive Testing, Heuristics, Scientific Concepts
van der Linden, Wim J. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2009
An adaptive testing method is presented that controls the speededness of a test using predictions of the test takers' response times on the candidate items in the pool. Two different types of predictions are investigated: posterior predictions given the actual response times on the items already administered and posterior predictions that use the…
Descriptors: Simulation, Adaptive Testing, Vocational Aptitude, Bayesian Statistics
Abad, Francisco J.; Olea, Julio; Ponsoda, Vicente – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2009
This article deals with some of the problems that have hindered the application of Samejima's and Thissen and Steinberg's multiple-choice models: (a) parameter estimation difficulties owing to the large number of parameters involved, (b) parameter identifiability problems in the Thissen and Steinberg model, and (c) their treatment of omitted…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Models, Computation, Simulation
Passos, Valeria Lima; Berger, Martijn P. F.; Tan, Frans E. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2007
The early stage of computerized adaptive testing (CAT) refers to the phase of the trait estimation during the administration of only a few items. This phase can be characterized by bias and instability of estimation. In this study, an item selection criterion is introduced in an attempt to lessen this instability: the D-optimality criterion. A…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Items, Item Response Theory, Computer Assisted Testing