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Meijer, Rob R. – 2001
Recent developments of person-fit analysis in computerized adaptive testing (CAT) are discussed. Methods from statistical process control are presented that have been proposed to classify an item score pattern as fitting or misfitting the underlying item response theory (IRT) model in a CAT. Most person-fit research in CAT is restricted to…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Certification, Computer Assisted Testing, High Stakes Tests
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Meijer, Rob R. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2002
Used empirical data from a certification test to study methods from statistical process control that have been proposed to classify an item score pattern as fitting or misfitting the underlying item response theory model in computerized adaptive testing. Results for 1,392 examinees show that different types of misfit can be distinguished. (SLD)
Descriptors: Certification, Classification, Goodness of Fit, Item Response Theory