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ERIC Number: EJ818902
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0973
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Application of Unidimensional Item Response Models to Tests with Items Sensitive to Secondary Dimensions
Zhang, Bo
Journal of Experimental Education, v77 n2 p147-166 Win 2008
In this research, the author addresses whether the application of unidimensional item response models provides valid interpretation of test results when administering items sensitive to multiple latent dimensions. Overall, the present study found that unidimensional models are quite robust to the violation of the unidimensionality assumption due to secondary dimensions from sensitive items. When secondary dimensions are highly correlated with main construct, unidimensional models generally fit and the accuracy of ability estimation is comparable to that of strictly unidimensional tests. In addition, longer tests are more robust to the violation of the essential unidimensionality assumption than shorter ones. The author also shows that unidimensional item response theory models estimate item difficulty parameter better than item discrimination parameter in tests with secondary dimensions. (Contains 2 tables and 6 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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