ERIC Number: EJ1415072
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 26
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0655
EISSN: EISSN-1745-3984
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MSAEM Estimation for Confirmatory Multidimensional Four-Parameter Normal Ogive Models
Jia Liu; Xiangbin Meng; Gongjun Xu; Wei Gao; Ningzhong Shi
Journal of Educational Measurement, v61 n1 p99-124 2024
In this paper, we develop a mixed stochastic approximation expectation-maximization (MSAEM) algorithm coupled with a Gibbs sampler to compute the marginalized maximum a posteriori estimate (MMAPE) of a confirmatory multidimensional four-parameter normal ogive (M4PNO) model. The proposed MSAEM algorithm not only has the computational advantages of the stochastic approximation expectation-maximization (SAEM) algorithm for multidimensional data, but it also alleviates the potential instability caused by label-switching, and then improved the estimation accuracy. Simulation studies are conducted to illustrate the good performance of the proposed MSAEM method, where MSAEM consistently performs better than SAEM and some other existing methods in multidimensional item response theory. Moreover, the proposed method is applied to a real data set from the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to demonstrate the usefulness of the 4PNO model as well as MSAEM in practice.
Descriptors: Algorithms, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students, Models, Measurement Techniques, Multidimensional Scaling
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Related Records: ED652929
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES); Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1846747; 2150601; R305D200015
Data File: URL: https://www.oecd.org/pisa/data2018databa/
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