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Samejima, Fumiko – 1981
In defense of retaining the "latent trait theory" term, instead of replacing it with "item response theory" as some recent research would have it, the following objectives are outlined: (1) investigation of theory and method for estimating the operating characteristics of discrete item responses using a minimum number of…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Factor Analysis, Latent Trait Theory
Download full textRyan, Joseph P.; Hamm, Debra W. – 1976
A procedure is described for increasing the reliability of tests after they have been given and for developing shorter but more reliable tests. Eight tests administered to 200 graduate students studying educational research are analyzed. The analysis considers the original tests, the items loading on the first factor of the test, and the items…
Descriptors: Career Development, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Item Analysis
Kingsbury, G. Gage – 1985
A procedure for assessing content-area and total-test dimensionality which uses response function discrepancies (RFD) was studied. Three different versions of the RFD procedure were compared to Bejar's principal axis content-area procedure and Indow and Samejima's exploratory factor analytic technique. The procedures were compared in terms of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Estimation (Mathematics)
Peer reviewedMiller, Timothy R.; Hirsch, Thomas M. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1992
A procedure for interpreting multiple-discrimination indices from a multidimensional item-response theory analysis is described and demonstrated with responses of 1,635 high school students to a multiple-choice test. The procedure consists of converting discrimination parameter estimates to direction cosines and analyzing the angular distances…
Descriptors: Ability, Cluster Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Estimation (Mathematics)
