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Kang, Taehoon; Chen, Troy T. – ACT, Inc., 2007
Orlando and Thissen (2000, 2003) proposed an item-fit index, S-X[superscript 2], for dichotomous item response theory (IRT) models, which has performed better than traditional item-fit statistics such as Yen's (1981) Q[subscript 1] and McKinley and Mill's (1985) G[superscript 2]. This study extends the utility of S-X[superscript 2] to polytomous…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Models, Computer Software, Statistical Analysis
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Wang, Wen-Chung; Chen, Hsueh-Chu – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2004
As item response theory (IRT) becomes popular in educational and psychological testing, there is a need of reporting IRT-based effect size measures. In this study, we show how the standardized mean difference can be generalized into such a measure. A disattenuation procedure based on the IRT test reliability is proposed to correct the attenuation…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Rating Scales, Sample Size, Error of Measurement