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Introduction to unidimensional item response modelSumit Das
Item response theory has become an important technique in the field of psychology and education. This slides gives a brief introduction to unidimensional item response models.
Biography
Basic Assumptions
Human Needs
Burden of Freedom
Character Orientations
Personality Disorders
Psychotherapy
Methods of Investigation
Critique of Fromm
Concept of Humanity
These are slides from a webinar from APA's Online Academy series. (http://apaonlineacademy.bizvision.com/)
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1. Carlo Magno, PhD
De La Salle University, Manila
PEMEA BOT, Psychometrics and Statistics Division
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2. Approaches in Analyzing Test Data
Classical test Theory (CTT)
Focus of Analysis in CTT
Limitations of CTT
Item Response Theory (IRT)
Approaches in IRT
Advantages of the IRT
Example of an IRT model: Rasch Model
What to interpret?
IRT for scales
Applications of IRT on Tests
Workshop
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3. Classical Test Theory
Item Response Theory
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4. Regarded as the “True Score Theory”
Responses of examinees are due only to variation in
ability of interest
Sources of variation external conditions or
internal conditions of examinees that assumed to be
constant through rigorous standardization or to
have an effect that is nonsystematic or random by
nature
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5. TO = T + E
The implication of the classical test theory for
test takers is that test are fallible imprecise
tools
Error = standard error of measurement
Sm = S 1 - r
True score = M +- Sm = 68% of the normal
curve
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7. • Frequency of correct responses (to indicate
question difficulty);
• Frequency of responses (to examine distracters);
• Reliability of the test and item-total correlation
(to evaluate discrimination at the item level)
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8. A score is dependent on the performance of the group tested
(Norm referenced)
The group on which the test has been scaled has outlived has
usefulness across time
Changes in the defined population
Changes in educational emphasis
There is a need to rapidly make new norms to adopt to the
changing times
If the characteristics of a person changes and does not fit the
specified norm then a norm for that person needs to be
created.
Each collection of norms has an ability of its own = rubber
yardstick
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9. Synonymous with latent trait theory, strong true
score theory or modern mental test theory
Initially designed for tests with right and wrong
(dichotomous) responses.
Examinees with more ability have higher
probabilities for giving correct answers to items
than lower ability students (Hambleton, 1989).
Each item on a test has its own item characteristic
curve that describes the probability of getting each
particular item right or wrong given the ability of
the test takers (Kaplan & Saccuzzo, 1997)
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10. A function of ability
() – latent trait
Forms the boundary
between the
probability areas of
answering an item
incorrectly and
answering the item
correctly
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12. One dimension (Rasch Model) One
parameter model = uses only the difficulty
parameter
Two dimension Two parameter Model =
difficulty and ability parameter
Three dimension (Logistic Model) Three
Parameter Model = item difficulty, item
discrimination, and psuedoguessing
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13. Mathematical model
linking the observable
dichotomously scored
b
data (item performance)
a to the unobservable data
(ability)
c Pi(θ) gives the probability
of a correct response to
item i as a function if
ability (θ)
b is the probability of a
b=item difficulty correct answer (1+c)/2
a=item discrimination
c=psuedoguessing parameter
15. Three items
showing
different item
difficulties (b)
16. The calibration of test item difficulty is independent
of the person used for the calibration.
The method of test calibration does not matter
whose responses to these items use for comparison
It gives the same results regardless on who takes
the test
The scores a person obtain on the test can be used
to remove the influence of their abilities from the
estimation of their difficulty. The result is a sample
free item calibration.
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17. Rasch’s (1960) main motivation for his model
was to eliminate references to populations of
examinees in analyses of tests.
According to him that test analysis would
only be worthwhile if it were individual
centered with separate parameters for the
items and the examinees (van der Linden &
Hambleton, 2004).
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18. The Rasch model is a probabilistic
unidimensional model which asserts that:
(1) the easier the question the more likely
the student will respond correctly to it, and
(2) the more able the student, the more
likely he/she will pass the question compared
to a less able student.
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19. The model was enhanced to assume that the
probability that a student will correctly answer a
question is a logistic function of the difference
between the student's ability [θ] and the difficulty
of the question [β] (i.e. the ability required to
answer the question correctly), and only a function
of that difference giving way to the Rasch model
Thus, when data fit the model, the relative
difficulties of the questions are independent of the
relative abilities of the students, and vice versa
(Rasch, 1977).
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20. (1) Unidimensionality. All items are
functionally dependent upon only one
underlying continuum.
(2) Monotonicity. All item characteristic
functions are strictly monotonic in the latent
trait. The item characteristic function
describes the probability of a predefined
response as a function of the latent trait.
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21. (3) Dichotomy of the items. For each item there are
only two different responses, for example positive
and negative. The Rasch model requires that an
additive structure underlies the observed data. This
additive structure applies to the logit of Pij, where
Pij is the probability that subject i will give a
predefined response to item j, being the sum of a
subject scale value ui and an item scale value vj, i.e.
In (Pij/1 - Pij) = ui + vj
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22. Source: Magno, C. (2009). Demonstrating the difference between classical test theory and
item response theory using derived data. The International Journal of Educational and
Psychological Assessment, 1, 1-11.. 22
23. Source: Magno, C. (2009). Demonstrating the difference between classical test theory and item response theory using
derived data. The International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment, 1, 1-11.
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24. Source: Magno, C. (2009). Demonstrating the difference between classical test theory and item response theory using
derived data. The International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment, 1, 1-11.
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25. Item Characteristic Curve (ICC) – Test
Characteristics Curve (TCC)
Logit measures for each item
Item Information Function (IIF) – Test
Information Function (TIF)
Infit measures
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26. TCC: Sum of ICC that make
up a test or assessment
and can be used to predict
scores of examinees at
given ability levels.
TCC(Ѳ)=∑Pi(Ѳ)
Links the true score to the
underlying ability
measures by the test.
TCC shift to the right of the
ability scale=difficult items
28. Figure 4. Test Characteristic Curve of the PRPF for the Primary Rater Figure 5. Test Characteristic Curve of the Secondary Rater
29. I(Ѳ), Contribution of
particular items to the
assessment of ability.
Items with higher
discriminating power
contribute more to
measurement precision than
items with lower
discriminating power.
Items tend to make their
best contribution to
measurement precision
around their b value.
30. Tests with highly constrained TIF are
imprecise measures of the for much of the
continuum of the domain
Tests with TIF that encompass a large range
provides precise scores along the continuum
of the domain measured.
-2.00 SD units to +2.00 SD units – includes
95% of the possible values of the distribution.
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31. Figure 2. Test Information Function of PRPF for the Primary Raters Figure 3. Test Information Function of the PRPF of the Secondary Rater
-4.00 SD to +4.00 SD units -4.00 SD to +4.00 SD units
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33. 1
2
2
1 2 3
0.8
1.5
0.6 4
1
1
0.4
0.2 0.5
3
4
0 0
–3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
Ability () Ability ()
Four item characteristic curves Item information for four test items
Figure 6: Item characteristics curves and corresponding item information functions
34. their corresponding IFF
The sum of item information functions in a test.
Higher values of the a parameter increase the
amount of information an item provides.
The lower the c parameter, the more information an
item provides.
The more information provided by an assessment at
a particular level, the smaller the errors associated
with ability estimation.
35. 2
1.5
1
0.5
0
0 3
Ability ()
Figure 7: Test information function for a four–item test
36. Item Analysis
Determining item difficulty (logit measure of +
means an item is difficult, and – means easy).
Utilizing goodness-of-fit criteria to detect items
that do not fit the specified response model (Z
statistic, INFIT Mean square).
Item Selection
Assess the contribution of each items’ test
information function that are independent of
other items.
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37. Item Difficulty
MEASURE=logit measures of proportion correct
Negative values (-) item is easy
Positive values (+) item is difficult
Goodness of fit
Values of MNSQ INFIT within 0.8 to 1.2
Z standard scores of 2.o and below are acceptable
High values of item MNSQ indicate a “lack of construct
homogeneity” with other items in a scale, whereas low
values indicate “redundancy” with other items” (Linacre &
Wright, 1998).
Item Discrimination
Point biserial estimate=close to 1.0
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38. Having more than 2 points in the responses
(ex. 4 point scale)
Rating scale Model/polytomous Model
(Andrich, 1978)
Partial Credit Model
Graded Response Model
Nominal model
39.
40. Item Response Thresholds
Logistic curves for each scale category
The extent to which the items response levels differ along
the continuum of the latent construct (different of a
response of “strongly agree” to “agree”).
Ideal to monotonic – the higher the scale, higher threshold
values are expected.
Easier items have smaller response threshold than difficult
items.
Threshold values that are very close means
indistinguishable from each other.
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41. Example
Primary rater: -3.79, -1.95, .96, and 4.35,
Secondary rater: -3.90, -2.25, .32, and 3.60.
42. 42
Magno, C. (2010). Looking at Filipino preservice teachers value for education through epistemological beliefs. TAPER, 19(1), 61-78.
43. Self-regulation is defined by Zimmerman (2002) as
self-generated thoughts, feeling, and actions that
are oriented to attaining goals.
Self-regulated learners are characterized to be
“proactive in their efforts to learn because they are
aware of their strengths and limitations and
because they are guided by personally set goals and
task-related strategies” (p. 66).
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45. SRLIS
Reliability – percentage of agreement between 2
coders
Discriminant validity - high and low achievers
were compared across the 14 categories.
Construct validity - self-regulated learning scores
were used to predict scores of the students in the
Metropolitan Achievement Tests (MAT) together
with gender and socio-economic status of
parents.
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46. To continue the development in the process
of arriving at good measures of self-
regulation.
A Polytomous Item Response Theory
This analysis allows reduction of item
variances because the influence of person
ability is controlled by having a separate
calibration (Wright & Masters, 1982; Wright &
Stone, 1979).
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47. Method
222 college students
SRLIS was administered to 1454
Responses were converted into items dpicting the
14 categories
Item review
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48. Principal components analysis: 7 factors were
extracted that explains 42.54% of the total
variance (55 items loaded highly >.4)
The seven factors were conformed (N=305)
All 7 factors were significantly correlated .
7-factor structure was supported:
▪ χ2=332.07, df=1409
▪ RMS=.07
▪ RMSEA=.06
▪ GFI=.91,
▪ NFI=.89 48
58. 3. I put my notebooks, handouts, and the like in a certain container.
4. I study at my own pace.
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59. Item Analysis
Determining sample invariant item parameters.
Utilizing goodness-of-fit criteria to detect items
that do not fit the specified response model (χ2,
analysis of residuals).
Item Selection
Assess the contribution of each item the test
information function independent of other items.
60. Item banking
Test developers can build an assessment to fit any
desired test information function with items
having sufficient properties.
Comparisons of items can be made across
dissimilar samples.