KernSmoothIRT: An R Package for Kernel Smoothing in Item Response Theory [PDF]
, 2014 Item response theory (IRT) models are a class of statistical models used to describe the response behaviors of individuals to a set of items having a certain number of options.
Mazza, Angelo +2 more
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Loglinear Multidimensional IRT Models for Polytomously Scored Items [PDF]
Psychometrika, 1994 A loglinear IRT model is proposed that relates polytomously scored item responses to a multidimensional latent space. The analyst may specify a response function for each response, indicating which latent abilities are necessary to arrive at that response.
Kelderman, Henk +2 more
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Calculating the random guess scores of multiple-response and matching test items [PDF]
, 2018 For achievement tests, the guess score is often used as a baseline for the lowest possible grade for score to grade transformations and setting the cut scores.
GA Brown +12 more
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, 2016 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 ...
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Polytomous Knowledge Structures Based on Entail Relations
MathematicsIn knowledge structure theory (KST), an individual’s knowledge state represents the items that the individual can completely solve. Based on the differences in individuals’ latent cognitive competence, polytomous knowledge states can be used to partially
Zhaorong He
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Cardiac Depression Scale: Mokken scaling in heart failure patients [PDF]
, 2012 Background: There is a high prevalence of depression in patients with heart failure (HF) that is associated with worsening prognosis. The value of using a reliable and valid instrument to measure depression in this population is therefore essential.
Hare, David L. +4 more
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Comparación de métodos de escalamiento de actividades de la vida diaria en personas mayores
Gaceta Sanitaria, 2019 Resumen: Objetivo: Comparar las propiedades psicométricas de escalas de medición de las actividades de la vida diaria según distintos métodos y comprobar si los más complejos tienen más capacidad discriminatoria.
Alba Ayala +3 more
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Item Response Models in Psychometrika and Psychometric Textbooks
Frontiers in Education, 2020 Item response theory modeling articles from 83 years of Psychometrika are sorted based on the taxonomy by Thissen and Steinberg (1986). Results from 377 research and review articles indicate that the usual unidimensional parametric item response theory ...
Seock-Ho Kim +12 more
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Internet gaming disorder as a formative construct : implications for conceptualization and measurement [PDF]
, 2017 Background. Some people have serious problems controlling their internet and video game use. The DSM-5 now includes a proposal for ‘Internet Gaming Disorder’ as a condition in need of further study. Various studies aim to validate the proposed diagnostic
Billieux, Joël +2 more
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Psychometric Evaluation of an Instrument to Measure Prospective Pregnancy Preferences: The Desire to Avoid Pregnancy Scale. [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND:Existing approaches to measuring women's pregnancy intentions suffer important limitations, including retrospective assessment, overly simple categories, and a presumption that all women plan pregnancies. No psychometrically valid scales exist
Foster, Diana G +4 more
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