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Finkelman, Matthew D.; Smits, Niels; Kim, Wonsuk; Riley, Barth – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2012
The Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale is a well-known self-report instrument that is used to measure depressive symptomatology. Respondents who take the full-length version of the CES-D are administered a total of 20 items. This article investigates the use of curtailment and stochastic curtailment (SC), two sequential…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Depression (Psychology), Test Length, Computer Assisted Testing
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Hol, A. Michiel; Vorst, Harrie C. M.; Mellenbergh, Gideon J. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2007
In a randomized experiment (n = 515), a computerized and a computerized adaptive test (CAT) are compared. The item pool consists of 24 polytomous motivation items. Although items are carefully selected, calibration data show that Samejima's graded response model did not fit the data optimally. A simulation study is done to assess possible…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Simulation, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing