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Download full textBudescu, David V.; And Others – 1994
Modified Parallel Analysis (MPA) is a heuristic method for assessing "approximate unidimensionality" of item pools. It compares the second eigenvalue of the observed correlation matrix with the corresponding eigenvalue extracted from a "parallel" matrix generated by a unidimensional and locally independent model. Revised…
Descriptors: Equations (Mathematics), Heuristics, Item Analysis, Item Banks
Abdel-fattah, Abdel-fattah A. – 1992
A scaling procedure is proposed, based on item response theory (IRT), to fit non-hierarchical test structure as well. The binary scores of a test of English were used for calculating the probabilities of answering each item correctly. The probability matrix was factor analyzed, and the difficulty intervals or estimates corresponding to the factors…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Difficulty Level, English, Estimation (Mathematics)
