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Abstract Few studies have examined birth order effects on personality in countries that are not Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD). However, theories have generally suggested that interculturally universal family dynamics are the mechanism behind birth order effects, and prominent theories such as resource dilution would ...
Laura J. Botzet +2 more
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Brief targeted memory reactivation during the awake state enhances memory stability and benefits the weakest memories. [PDF]
Reactivation of representations corresponding to recent experience is thought to be a critical mechanism supporting long-term memory stabilization. Targeted memory reactivation, or the re-exposure of recently learned cues, seeks to induce reactivation ...
Berners-Lee, Alice +2 more
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Eksplorasi Gaya Respons Ekstrem dalam Mengisi Kuesioner
This study aimed to apply the mixture Rasch Model Analysis techniques to identify the proportion of students who possess extreme response styles when completing the questionnaire.
Wahyu Widhiarso
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Conservative Hypothesis Tests and Confidence Intervals using Importance Sampling [PDF]
Importance sampling is a common technique for Monte Carlo approximation, including Monte Carlo approximation of p-values. Here it is shown that a simple correction of the usual importance sampling p-values creates valid p-values, meaning that a ...
Harrison, Matthew T.
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Caregiver Assessment Using Smart Gaming Technology: A Preliminary Approach [PDF]
As pre-diagnostic technologies are becoming increasingly accessible, using them to improve the quality of care available to dementia patients and their caregivers is of increasing interest.
Banerjee, Tanvi +4 more
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Psychometrics in Practice at RCEC [PDF]
A broad range of topics is dealt with in this volume: from combining the psychometric generalizability and item response theories to the ideas for an integrated formative use of data-driven decision making, assessment for learning and diagnostic testing.
Eggen, T.J.H.M., Veldkamp, B.P.
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A probabilistic threshold model: Analyzing semantic categorization data with the Rasch model [PDF]
According to the Threshold Theory (Hampton, 1995, 2007) semantic categorization decisions come about through the placement of a threshold criterion along a dimension that represents items' similarity to the category representation.
Baker +43 more
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Don't Tie Yourself to an Onion: Don’t Tie Yourself to Assumptions of Normality [PDF]
A structural measurement model (Adams, Wilson, & Wu, 1997) consists of an item response theory model for responses conditional on ability and a structural model that describes the distribution of ability in the population.
Bechger, Timo +2 more
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Approximate Bayesian computation via the energy statistic [PDF]
Approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) has become an essential part of the Bayesian toolbox for addressing problems in which the likelihood is prohibitively expensive or entirely unknown, making it intractable. ABC defines a pseudo-posterior by comparing
Arbel, Julyan +3 more
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Response biases comprise a variety of systematic tendencies of responding to questionnaire items. Response biases exert an influence on item responses in addition to any constructs that the questionnaire is designed to measure and can therefore ...
Brown, Anna +2 more
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