A review of the effects on IRT item parameter estimates with a focus on misbehaving common items in test equating
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A Review of the Effects on IRT Item Parameter Estimates with a Focus on Misbehaving Common Items in Test Equating
Many studies have investigated the topic of change or drift in item parameter estimates in the context of item response theory (IRT). Content effects, such as instructional variation and curricular emphasis, as well as context effects, such as the wording, position, or exposure of an item have been found to impact item parameter estimates. The issue becomes more critical when items with estimat...
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Consistent behavior is a desirable characteristic that common items are expected to have when administered to different groups. Findings from the literature have established that items do not always behave in consistent ways; item indices and IRT item parameter estimates of the same items differ when obtained from different administrations. Content effects, such as discrepancies in instructiona...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Psychology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1664-1078
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00167