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ERIC Number: EJ1009944
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Apr
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1644
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Applying Bayesian Modeling and Receiver Operating Characteristic Methodologies for Test Utility Analysis
Wang, Qiu; Diemer, Matthew A.; Maier, Kimberly S.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v73 n2 p275-292 Apr 2013
This study integrated Bayesian hierarchical modeling and receiver operating characteristic analysis (BROCA) to evaluate how interest strength (IS) and interest differentiation (ID) predicted low–socioeconomic status (SES) youth's interest-major congruence (IMC). Using large-scale Kuder Career Search online-assessment data, this study fit three models, the one-level BROCA, the two-level BROCA, and the ordinal Probit BROCA, to examine the moderating effects of gender and race/ethnicity. Both IS and ID displayed race/ethnicity differences in predicting low-SES females' IMC. Gender difference was found only on IS in predicting low-SES youth's IMC. Results suggested that low-SES White males and low-SES minority females may need help the most to develop stronger career interests and to differentiate their interests. This study illustrated that BROCA can be a powerful tool for test evaluation and utility analysis in the field because of its capacity of analyzing continuous, nominal, and ordinal data; its graphical nature of result presentation; multiple statistical test options; and its little requirement of Level 2 sample sizes. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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