Comparison of Equating Methods for Multidimensional Item Response Theory on Common Examinee Design with Factor Score Procrustes Rotation

Selection the best Method of Equating Using Anchor-Test Design‎ in Item Response Theory ‎‎

Explaining the problem. The equating process is used to compare the scores of the two different tests with the same theme‎. ‎The goal of this research is finding the best method of equating data using Logistic model. ‎ Method. we are using the data of Ph.D‎. ‎test in Statistic major for two consecutive years 92 and 93‎. ‎For analyzing‎, ‎we are specifically using the tests of Statistics major ...

A Practitioner’s Introduction to Equating with Primers on Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory

Measurement equivalence: a comparison of methods based on confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory.

Current interest in the assessment of measurement equivalence emphasizes 2 major methods of analysis. The authors offer a comparison of a linear method (confirmatory factor analysis) and a nonlinear method (differential item and test functioning using item response theory) with an emphasis on their methodological similarities and differences. The 2 approaches test for the equality of true score...

Separate Versus Concurrent Estimation of IRT Item Parameters in the Common Item Equating Design

DOCUMENT RESUME TM 030 621 Hanson, Bradley A.; Beguin, Anton A. Separate versus Concurrent Estimation of IRT Item Parameters in the Common Item Equating Design. American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. ACT-RR-99-8 1999-12-00 36p. ACT Research Report Series, PO Box 168, Iowa City, IA 52243-0168. Reports Evaluative (142) MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. *Equated Scores; Estimation (Mathematics); *It...

Paradoxical Results in Multidimensional Item Response Theory

In multidimensional item response theory (MIRT), it is possible for the estimate of a subject’s ability in some dimension to decrease after they have answered a question correctly. This paper investigates how and when this type of paradoxical result can occur. We demonstrate that many response models and statistical estimates can produce paradoxical results and that in the popular class of line...