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https://read.qxmd.com/read/33989203/development-of-a-short-form-of-the-cpai-a-form-b-with-rasch-analyses
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Yixiao Dong, Weiqiao Fan, Fanny M Cheung, Mengting Li
The present study developed and validated a short form of the Cross-Cultural (Chinese) Personality Assessment Inventory for adolescents (CPAI-A; Form B) focusing on the personality scales by unidimensional and multidimensional Rasch models. Multiple evidence from unidimensional Rasch models (item fit, DIF statistics, dimensionality, reliability indices, construct coverage) were evaluated in order to create a short scale with optimal psychometric properties. Further, multidimensional Rasch model, canonical analysis, and predictive validity were performed and evaluated to validate the CPAI-A-SF further...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/33989202/evaluating-the-impact-of-multidimensionality-on-type-i-and-type-ii-error-rates-using-the-q-index-item-fit-statistic-for-the-rasch-model
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Samantha Estrada
To understand the role of fit statistics in Rasch measurement is simple: applied researchers can only benefit from the desirable properties of the Rasch model when the data fit the model. The purpose of the current study was to assess the Q-Index robustness (Ostini and Nering, 2006), and its performance was compared to the current popular fit statistics known as MSQ Infit, MSQ Outfit, and standardized Infit and Outfit (ZSTDs) under varying conditions of test length, sample size, item difficulty (normal and uniform), and dimensionality utilizing a Monte Carlo simulation...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/33989201/diabetes-distress-in-emerging-adults-refining-the-problem-areas-in-diabetes-emerging-adult-version-using-rasch-analysis
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Katherine Wentzel, Judith A Vessey, Lori Laffel, Larry Ludlow
The emotional burden of living with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is experienced differently in each life stage. Thus the measurement of diabetes distress (DD) warrants tailoring to particular developmental stages, specifically emerging adulthood (ages 18-30). The new measure entitled the Problem Areas in Diabetes- Emerging Adult version (PAID-EA) is intended to be a developmentally-embedded measure of DD for use in clinical and research settings. The goal of the present study was to use Rasch psychometric analysis to reduce and refine the PAID-EA...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/33989200/a-psychometric-replication-of-fan-1998-item-response-theory-and-classical-test-theory-an-empirical-comparison-of-their-item-person-statistics
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Nicholas Marosszeky, E Arthur Shores, Michael P Jones, Rassoul Sadeghi
Streiner, Norman and Cairney (2015) "Health Measurement Scales: A practical guide to their development and use", now in its fifth edition, is one of the foundational texts of the health outcomes movement. It states that "the differences between scales constructed with IRT and CTT are trivial." (Streiner, Norman and Cairney, 2015, p. 299) This statement is representative of the view which emphasizes the equivalence of True-Score Theory (TST) (also known as Classical Test Theory [CTT]) and the Rasch Measurement Model [RMM])...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/33989199/the-development-of-the-mental-toughness-situational-judgment-test-a-novel-approach-to-assessing-mental-toughness
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Nicholas M Flannery, Neil M A Hauenstein, E Scott Geller
Mental toughness (MT) predicts outcomes across several high-stress contexts such as athletics, the military, and the workplace. Despite this, researchers have struggled to reach consensus regarding how best to conceptualize and measure MT. MT assessments have focused on measuring general MT rather than domain-specific MT. The current study proposed a measurement model of MT grounded in social-cognitive theory and introduced an assessment of MT within a situational judgment context relevant to the workplace...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/33989198/using-the-rasch-model-to-measure-comprehension-of-fraction-addition
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Marius Lie Winger, Julie Gausen, Eivind Kaspersen, Trygve Solstd
In this study we investigate whether transformations between different representations of mathematical objects constitute a suitable framework for the assessment of students' comprehension of fraction addition. Participants (N = 164) solved a set of 20 fraction addition problems constructed on the basis of Duval's (2017) theory of the role of representational transformations in mathematical comprehension. Using Rasch measurement theory and principal component analysis, we found that the items could be separated into three levels of difficulty based on the transformation involved...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/33989197/comparing-causes-of-dependency-shared-latent-trait-or-dependence-on-observed-response
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Christine E DeMars
Accurate parameter estimation in the Rasch model involves the assumption of conditional independence, also termed local independence. Conditional on ability, the responses to items A and B should be independent. Two types of conditional dependence are detailed in this pedagogical piece: trait dependency and response dependency. The bias in difficulty and reliability and the estimates of fit and correlated residuals resulting from these dependencies are compared and contrasted to results from using models that account for the dependency...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/33989196/the-effect-of-interactions-between-item-discrimination-and-item-difficulty-on-fit-statistics
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Stephen Mark Humphrey, Ken Bredemeyer
Residual-based fit statistics are among the most common indicators of fit to the Rasch model. There is considerable discussion in the literature of the efficacy of item fit statistics in detecting measurement disturbances. However, to date there has been no investigation of whether these fit statistics are robust to interactions between item discrimination and item difficulty. This study uses simulations to investigate whether interaction effects occur for fit statistics commonly used with the Rasch model. It is found that when the parameters are estimated with the Rasch model, the values of certain item fit statistics vary depending on the interaction between location and discrimination...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/33989195/rasch-guttman-scenario-rgs-scales-a-methodological-framework
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Larry H Ludlow, Maria Baez-Cruz, Wen-Chia Claire Chang/, Katherine A Reynolds
Rasch/Guttman Scenario (RGS) scales produce scores that map onto interpretable descriptions of individuals at different levels of hierarchically progressive constructs. The unique scenario item format provides actionable and rich content-relevant feedback about (a) respondent status, (b) intervention design, and (c) longitudinal change on a construct. This article presents a seven-step methodological framework for the development of RGS scales. We also reflect on plausible challenges that may arise in the applications of RGS scale development and propose future research directions for the methodology...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/33983904/response-differences-in-appraisals-of-working-conditions-among-elementary-and-high-school-teachers
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Richard G Lambert, C Missy Moore, Christopher McCarthy, Bryndle L Bottoms
Research using the National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) has consistently demonstrated that teachers' reported working conditions are related to both intentions to leave the profession and attrition (Tickle, Chang, and Kim, 2011). However, limited research evaluates teacher appraisals of job-related demands and resources as an antecedent to job dissatisfaction. We tested for differential item functioning (DIF) using a partial credit model approach within a Rasch modeling context to examine whether elementary and secondary teachers with similar overall stress levels respond to the NTPS Demands and Resources items in similar ways...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/33983903/assessing-differential-statement-functioning-in-polytomous-multidimensional-pairwise-comparison-items
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Xue-Lan Qiu
Multidimensional pairwise comparison (MPC) items have been widely used to assess career interest, value and personality to avoid response bias in educational sectors. In reality, a statement in an MPC item may have different utilities for different groups, which is referred to as differential statement functioning (DSF). Few studies have been investigated DSF assessment. Based on a Rasch model for MPC items, this study adapts three methods to detect DSF for polytomous MPC items: the equal-mean-utility (EMU) method, the all-other-statement (AOS) method and the constant-statement (CS) method...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/33983902/exploring-the-psychometric-properties-of-a-self-efficacy-scale-for-high-school-students
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Yuan Ge, Stefanie A Wind
In previous studies, researchers have focused on the development and interpretation of measurement tools related to self-efficacy. However, researchers have seldom investigated whether these instruments demonstrate acceptable psychometric properties, including similar item interpretations between subgroups of respondents. The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which a self-efficacy measure has a consistent interpretation for two self-reported gender subgroups. The researchers utilized Rasch analysis to explore differences in item difficulty between the subgroups...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/33983901/evaluating-longitudinal-anchoring-methods-for-rasch-models
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Tara L Valladares, Karen M Schmidt
Because modern, simultaneously estimated longitudinal Rasch models are unable to handle many timepoints, new methods of producing person and item estimates and evaluating test function are necessary. Longitudinal anchoring, in which a common scale of item parameters is used to estimate trait levels over multiple occasions, is a potential solution. With proper anchoring procedures, person and item estimates can be obtained without limiting the number of timepoints that can be analyzed. A simulation study examining the performance of six longitudinal anchoring methods (Floated, Racked, Time One, Mean, Random, and Stacked) was conducted...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/33983900/examining-the-pre-service-school-principals-impromptu-speech-skills-with-a-many-facet-rasch-model
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Mingchuan Hsieh, Akihito Kamata
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate an application of the many-facet Rasch model (MFRM) in evaluating the impromptu speech skills of pre-service principals in Taiwan. The findings showed that the topics of speech did not exhibit different difficulty measures. With respect to scoring criteria, time control was the most difficult aspect among the scoring criteria. Regarding gender difference in raters, female raters gave lower scores than male raters, but there was no statistical evidence for gender-related bias...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/33983899/how-well-do-simulation-studies-inform-decisions-about-multistage-testing
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Wenhao Wang, Jie Chen, Neal Kingston
Most research on multistage testing (MST) uses simulated data. This study adds to the literature by using both operational test data and simulated data to compare two different MST designs with regard to proficiency estimation accuracy and module exposure rates and by investigating whether simulation studies and operational test studies yield similar results. Two MST designs (1-2 and 1-3-4 designs) from one state's sixth-grade summative mathematics assessment across two years were compared in this study. Both simulation and operational test studies demonstrate similar results: the two MST designs yield no significant performance differences with regard to estimation accuracy and module exposure...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/33983898/many-facet-dichotomous-rasch-model-analysis-of-the-modern-language-aptitude-test
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Mitch Porter, Stefanie A Wind
Researchers and practitioners have used the Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) to assess language aptitude and identify possible language learning deficiencies in examinees since the 1950s. However, researchers have not assessed its psychometric properties using modern measurement theory methods. We use the dichotomous Rasch model to explore the psychometric properties of the MLAT, including data-model fit indices, item difficulty and student ability calibrations, reliability of separation, and differences in achievement across gender subgroups based on a sample of undergraduate and graduate university students (N=204)...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/33983897/the-equivalence-of-the-test-response-function-to-the-maximum-likelihood-ability-estimate-for-the-dichotomous-rasch-model-a-proof
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Ben Babcock
While several proofs exist that the number keyed (or number correct) score is a sufficient statistic to estimate person measure (or ability, beta) in the dichotomous Rasch model, there are few proofs about the direct mathematical link from beta to the number correct score. This manuscript proves that the estimation link going from score to beta is the test response function, which is the sum of the probabilities correct for all items given the difficulty (delta) values and beta.
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/33983896/a-priori-weighting-of-items-with-the-rasch-model
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David Andrich, Sonia Sappl
Many assessment scales in the social sciences are composed of multiple items that form a subscale structure. They have this structure because more than one aspect of the variable is assessed and more than one item assesses each aspect. Nevertheless, generally, a single measurement is required from the scale. A characteristic of this measurement is that the greater the number of items, and categories within an item, that assess an aspect, the greater its influence on the final measurement. One way to control this influence is to include the desired relative number of items and categories to assess each aspect in the scale...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/32129772/bootstrap-estimate-of-bias-for-intraclass-correlation
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Xiaofeng Steven Liu, Kelvin Terrell Pompey
The estimates of intraclass correlations are known to be biased, but there are few analytical ways to assess the amount of bias. The analytical approach requires the normality assumption to estimate bias. Bootstrap requires no such assumption and can, therefore, be used to estimate bias, regardless of the model assumption. We utilize cluster bootstrapping to calculate the bias in estimating the intraclass correlation. A well-known dataset is provided to illustrate the bias estimation in a typical study design of intraclass correlation, and its implications for other study designs are also discussed...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
https://read.qxmd.com/read/32129771/validation-of-egalitarian-education-questionnaire-using-rasch-measurement-model
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Nik Muhammad Hanis Nek Rakami, Nik Ahmad Hisham Ismail, Noor Lide Abu Kassim, Faizah Idrus
This paper describes the process of assessing the unidimensionality and validity of egalitarian education (EE) items based on the Rasch measurement model. Egalitarian education was measured by a self-developed 5 EE items of Likert-scale format. The process of assessing the validity of EE items involved a collection of data from 400 Malay teachers, who are teaching in government school around peninsular of Malaysia where the measurement of construct validity for the overall EE items were established using Winsteps...
2020: Journal of Applied Measurement
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