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Publication Date: 2010-Sep
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A Comparison of Item Selection Techniques for Testlets
Murphy, Daniel L.; Dodd, Barbara G.; Vaughn, Brandon K.
Applied Psychological Measurement, v34 n6 p424-437 Sep 2010
This study examined the performance of the maximum Fisher's information, the maximum posterior weighted information, and the minimum expected posterior variance methods for selecting items in a computerized adaptive testing system when the items were grouped in testlets. A simulation study compared the efficiency of ability estimation among the item selection techniques under varying conditions of local-item dependency when the response model was either the three-parameter-logistic item response theory or the three-parameter-logistic testlet response theory. The item selection techniques performed similarly within any particular condition, the practical implications of which are discussed within the article. (Contains 3 tables and 4 figures.)
Descriptors: Simulation, Adaptive Testing, Item Analysis, Item Response Theory, Test Items, Comparative Analysis, Test Construction, Computer Assisted Testing
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