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Tugay Kaçak; Abdullah Faruk Kiliç – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2025
Researchers continue to choose PCA in scale development and adaptation studies because it is the default setting and overestimates measurement quality. When PCA is utilized in investigations, the explained variance and factor loadings can be exaggerated. PCA, in contrast to the models given in the literature, should be investigated in…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Monte Carlo Methods, Mathematical Models, Sample Size
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Timothy R. Konold; Elizabeth A. Sanders – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
Within the frequentist structural equation modeling (SEM) framework, adjudicating model quality through measures of fit has been an active area of methodological research. Complicating this conversation is research revealing that a higher quality measurement portion of a SEM can result in poorer estimates of overall model fit than lower quality…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Reliability, Bayesian Statistics, Goodness of Fit
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A. M. Sadek; Fahad Al-Muhlaki – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2024
In this study, the accuracy of the artificial neural network (ANN) was assessed considering the uncertainties associated with the randomness of the data and the lack of learning. The Monte-Carlo algorithm was applied to simulate the randomness of the input variables and evaluate the output distribution. It has been shown that under certain…
Descriptors: Monte Carlo Methods, Accuracy, Artificial Intelligence, Guidelines
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Yuan Fang; Lijuan Wang – Grantee Submission, 2024
Dynamic structural equation modeling (DSEM) is a useful technique for analyzing intensive longitudinal data. A challenge of applying DSEM is the missing data problem. The impact of missing data on DSEM, especially on widely applied DSEM such as the two-level vector autoregressive (VAR) cross-lagged models, however, is understudied. To fill the…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Research Problems, Longitudinal Studies, Simulation
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Sanghyun Hong; W. Robert Reed – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
This study builds on the simulation framework of a recent paper by Stanley and Doucouliagos ("Research Synthesis Methods" 2023;14;515--519). S&D use simulations to make the argument that meta-analyses using partial correlation coefficients (PCCs) should employ a "suboptimal" estimator of the PCC standard error when…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Correlation, Weighted Scores, Simulation
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Shunji Wang; Katerina M. Marcoulides; Jiashan Tang; Ke-Hai Yuan – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
A necessary step in applying bi-factor models is to evaluate the need for domain factors with a general factor in place. The conventional null hypothesis testing (NHT) was commonly used for such a purpose. However, the conventional NHT meets challenges when the domain loadings are weak or the sample size is insufficient. This article proposes…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Error of Measurement, Comparative Analysis, Monte Carlo Methods
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Hoang V. Nguyen; Niels G. Waller – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2024
We conducted an extensive Monte Carlo study of factor-rotation local solutions (LS) in multidimensional, two-parameter logistic (M2PL) item response models. In this study, we simulated more than 19,200 data sets that were drawn from 96 model conditions and performed more than 7.6 million rotations to examine the influence of (a) slope parameter…
Descriptors: Monte Carlo Methods, Item Response Theory, Correlation, Error of Measurement
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Gyeongcheol Cho; Heungsun Hwang – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
Generalized structured component analysis (GSCA) is a multivariate method for specifying and examining interrelationships between observed variables and components. Despite its data-analytic flexibility honed over the decade, GSCA always defines every component as a linear function of observed variables, which can be less optimal when observed…
Descriptors: Prediction, Methods, Networks, Simulation
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Kyle Cox; Ben Kelcey; Hannah Luce – Journal of Experimental Education, 2024
Comprehensive evaluation of treatment effects is aided by considerations for moderated effects. In educational research, the combination of natural hierarchical structures and prevalence of group-administered or shared facilitator treatments often produces three-level partially nested data structures. Literature details planning strategies for a…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Monte Carlo Methods, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Educational Research
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Eray Selçuk; Ergül Demir – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2024
This research aims to compare the ability and item parameter estimations of Item Response Theory according to Maximum likelihood and Bayesian approaches in different Monte Carlo simulation conditions. For this purpose, depending on the changes in the priori distribution type, sample size, test length, and logistics model, the ability and item…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Item Analysis, Test Items, Simulation
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Zhichen Guo; Daxun Wang; Yan Cai; Dongbo Tu – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2024
Forced-choice (FC) measures have been widely used in many personality or attitude tests as an alternative to rating scales, which employ comparative rather than absolute judgments. Several response biases, such as social desirability, response styles, and acquiescence bias, can be reduced effectively. Another type of data linked with comparative…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Models, Reaction Time, Measurement Techniques
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Musa Adekunle Ayanwale; Mdutshekelwa Ndlovu – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on high-stakes testing, including the national benchmark tests in South Africa. Current linear testing formats have been criticized for their limitations, leading to a shift towards Computerized Adaptive Testing [CAT]. Assessments with CAT are more precise and take less time. Evaluation of CAT…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Benchmarking, National Competency Tests, Computer Assisted Testing
Joshua B. Gilbert; James S. Kim; Luke W. Miratrix – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Longitudinal models of individual growth typically emphasize between-person predictors of change but ignore how growth may vary "within" persons because each person contributes only one point at each time to the model. In contrast, modeling growth with multi-item assessments allows evaluation of how relative item performance may shift…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Item Response Theory, Test Items, Student Development
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Joshua B. Gilbert; James S. Kim; Luke W. Miratrix – Applied Measurement in Education, 2024
Longitudinal models typically emphasize between-person predictors of change but ignore how growth varies "within" persons because each person contributes only one data point at each time. In contrast, modeling growth with multi-item assessments allows evaluation of how relative item performance may shift over time. While traditionally…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Item Response Theory, Test Items, Student Development