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On Varying Item Difficulty by Changing the Response Format for a Mathematical Competence Test

Austrian Journal of Statistics, 2016
Educational and psychological aptitude and achievement tests employ a variety of different response formats. Today the predominating format is a multiple-choice format with a single correct answer option (at most out of altogether four answer options ...
Christine Hohensinn, Klaus D. Kubinger
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Item Response Theory Investigation of Misophonia Auditory Triggers

Audiology Research, 2021
Misophonia is characterised by a low tolerance for day-to-day sounds, causing intense negative affect. This study conducts an in-depth investigation of 35 misophonia triggers.
Silia Vitoratou, Nora Uglik-Marucha, Chloe Hayes, Mercede Erfanian, Oliver Pearson, Jane Gregory   +5 more
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Towards a network psychometrics approach to assessment: simulations for redundancy, dimensionality, and loadings [PDF]

, 2020
Research using network models in psychology has proliferated over the last decade. The popularity of network models has largely been driven by their alternative explanation for the emergence of psychological attributes—observed variables co-occur because
Christensen, Alexander P., NC DOCKS at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro   +1 more
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Exploration of the Rate of Forgetting as a Domain-Specific Individual Differences Measure

Frontiers in Education, 2018
Learners differ in their learning aptitude. Modern computerized fact-learning systems take these individual differences into account by adapting repetition schedules to the learner's characteristics.
Florian Sense, Florian Sense, Florian Sense, Rob R. Meijer, Hedderik van Rijn, Hedderik van Rijn, Hedderik van Rijn   +6 more
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A Truncated-Probit Item Response Model for Estimating Psychophysical Thresholds [PDF]

, 2009
IRT, item response theory, threshold, thresholds, psychometrics, psychophysics, Bayesian hierarchical models, MAC, mass at chance,
Richard Morey, Jeffrey Rouder, Morey, Richard D., Rouder, J.N., Rouder, Jeffrey N., Speckman, Paul L., Paul Speckman, Speckman, P., Morey, R.D.   +8 more
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Editorial of the Psych Special Issue “Computational Aspects, Statistical Algorithms and Software in Psychometrics”

Psych, 2022
Statistical software in psychometrics has made tremendous progress in providing open source solutions (e [...]
Alexander Robitzsch
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Ronald K. Hambleton: A Legacy Beyond Quantitative Scientific Indicators

Methodology, 2022
Professor Ronald K. Hambleton (1943-2022) shaped the development of psychometrics in the United States and had a far-reaching impact on professionals interested in psychological and educational measurement worldwide.
Jose-Luis Padilla, Luis M. Lozano, Isabel Benítez   +2 more
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Evidence of Cross-Cultural Consistency of the S-Five Model for Misophonia: Psychometric Conclusions Emerging From the Mandarin Version

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Misophonia is a disorder generally characterised by a decreased tolerance to everyday sounds. Although research is increasing in misophonia, a cross-cultural validation of a psychometric tool for measuring misophonia has not been evaluated.
Silia Vitoratou, Jingxin Wang, Chloe Hayes, Qiaochu Wang, Pentagiotissa Stefanatou, Jane Gregory, Jane Gregory   +6 more
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A note on contemporary psychometrics [PDF]

, 2017
Psychometrics provide the mathematical underpinnings for psychological assessment. From the late 19th century, a plethora of methodological research achievements equipped researchers and clinicians with efficient tools whose practical value becomes more ...
Pickles, Andrew, Silia Vitoratou, Andrew Pickles, Vitoratou, Silia; id_orcid   +3 more
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“It can be Life-Changing”; an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Coach and Coachee’s Experience of Psychometrics in Coaching [PDF]

International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, 2012
This research explores the coach and coachee’s experience of psychometrics in coaching with specific reference to the conversation and the relationship.
Tina Buckle
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