From tetrachoric to kappa: How to assess reliability on binary scales
British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 744-763, November 2026.Abstract Reliability is crucial in psychometrics, reflecting the extent to which a measurement instrument can discriminate between individuals or items. While classical test theory and intraclass correlation coefficients are well‐established for quantitative scales, estimating reliability for binary outcomes presents unique challenges due to their ...
Sophie Vanbelle
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Immersed isogeometric analysis with boundary conformal quadrature for finite deformation elasticity. [PDF]
Arch Appl MechElbadry YT, Antolín P, Weeger O.
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Asymptotic standard errors for reliability coefficients in item response theory
British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 702-719, November 2026.Abstract In a recent review, Liu et al. (Psychological Methods, 2025b) classified reliability coefficients into two types: classical test theory (CTT) reliability and proportional reduction in mean squared error (PRMSE). This article focuses on quantifying the sampling variability of these coefficients under item response theory (IRT) models.
Youjin Sung, Yang Liu
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Revisiting reliability and measurement precision: Towards a unified perspective
British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 479-492, November 2026.Abstract This article revisits the concepts of reliability and measurement precision across classical test theory (CTT), item response theory (IRT) and cognitive diagnosis models (CDMs), emphasizing their conceptual differences and proposing a unified framework.
Jimmy de la Torre +2 more
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A multimodal adjoint-state formulation of Quantitative Photoacoustic Tomography with external acoustic sources. [PDF]
PhotoacousticsSegerlund M, Löfqvist T.
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Fatigue &Fracture of Engineering Materials &Structures, Volume 49, Issue 11, Page 4850-4862, November 2026.ABSTRACT Rigorous application of continuum damage mechanics (CDM) models coupled with crack propagation schemes can predict crack branching or zigzag trajectories near the crack tip, even when the macroscopic crack growth is straight. This arises from oscillations in the local damage field and is consistent with experimental observations of ductile ...
Andrew Ziccarelli +2 more
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A scalable variational method for estimating the latent infection-rate field of an outbreak. [PDF]
PLoS OneBridgman WH, Safta C, Ray J.
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Statistica Neerlandica, Volume 80, Issue 4, November 2026.Abstract Data crowdsourcing is often used to collect relevance assessments in information retrieval tasks. However, estimating the agreement among crowdworkers is nontrivial, since data is sparse and often collected on a variety of rating scales.
Giuseppe Alfonzetti +2 more
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A Rigid-Body Pendulum Model for Plyometric Push-Up Biomechanics: Analytical Derivation and Numerical Quantification of Flight Time, Arc Displacement, Maximum Height, and Mechanical Power Output. [PDF]
Bioengineering (Basel)Dhahbi W.
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Journal of Computational Chemistry, Volume 47, Issue 28, October 30, 2026.vibe‐qc is an open‐source, general‐purpose electronic‐structure code for molecules and solids, developed almost entirely with agentic AI under expert human direction. Molecular and periodic calculations use a common interface. Independent reference calculations form a reusable validation set.
Michael F. Peintinger
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