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The Best of Two Worlds: IRT-Enhanced Automated Essay Interpretable Scoring
Behavioral SciencesThe Automated Essay Scoring (AES) systems confront two fundamental challenges: opaque “black-box” decision-making that limits educator trust, and insufficient validation across linguistically diverse educational contexts. This study proposes IRT-AESF, an
Wei Xia +3 more
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Item Response Theory in Cross-Cultural Measurement
, 2018 Item response theory (IRT) is a modern measurement theory that, as its name implies, focuses mainly at the item level as opposed to the test level. The underlying principle of IRT is that a relationship exists between an individual’s ability and how the ...
Keith Chan, Tam Nguyen, Thanh V. Tran
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Enhancing Biochemistry Assessment Quality in Medical Education Through Item Response Theory (IRT)
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology EducationAbstract Background In medical education, particularly in biochemistry, crafting high-quality assessment questions is a primary challenge. Each item necessitates thorough evaluation, and precise identification of student abilities is crucial for maximally reflecting learning achievement. Objective This study aims to enhance assessment quality
Baharuddin Baharuddin +2 more
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Self‐rated and clinically assessed psychopathy: Same or different thermometers?
Legal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose To examine whether scores on a self‐report instrument can serve as a valid proxy for clinically assessed psychopathy. Method Using data from the Pathways to Desistance study, we applied a hybrid NEAT (non‐equivalent groups with anchor test)–SG (single group) equating design to link the Psychopathy Checklist–Youth Version (PCL–YV) with ...
Lloyd Balbuena +6 more
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Assessing the Effectiveness of Workers' Selection Exams: The Case of the Bank of Italy
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT High‐stakes exams can be used to rank and select candidates for job openings, and the ability of those selected hinges on the design of the exam. I propose a method to model candidates' performance to assess how effective the exam is at selecting high‐ability candidates.
Santiago Pereda‐Fernández
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A new method for detecting differential item functioning in the Rasch model [PDF]
Differential item functioning (DIF) can lead to an unfair advantage or disadvantage for certain subgroups in educational and psychological testing. Therefore, a variety of statistical methods has been suggested for detecting DIF in the Rasch model.
Carolin Strobl +2 more
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Who Benefits From the Assignment of Homework?
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between the assignment of homework and student achievement among 8th grade students across 23 countries using the TIMSS 2019 dataset. Exploiting within‐student, between‐subject variation in homework assignment, we find a small but statistically significant positive relationship between homework and achievement. This
Darragh Flannery +2 more
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Specifying optimum examinees for item parameter estimation in item response theory
item response theory, IRT item parameters, optimum examinees, information functions, IRT estimation,
Martha Stocking
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, 2015 Over the past few decades, there has been a revolution in the approach to scale development. Called item response theory (IRT), this approach challenges the notion that scales must be long in order to be reliable, and that psychometric properties of a ...
David L. Streiner +2 more
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Development of the inventory of clinician attitudes about suicide prevention
Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Objectives Mental health providers (MHPs) hold varying attitudes about suicide prevention, and these beliefs can impact personal and client well‐being. To date, suicide prevention attitude measures are limited by appropriate population use, poor psychometrics and a lack of theoretical foundation.
Robert J. Cramer +20 more
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