New Developments in Quantitative Psychology: Presentations from the 77th Annual Psychometric Society Meeting

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
A Nonparametric Ability Measure....Pages 1-16
An Alternative to Cronbach’s Alpha: An L -Moment-Based Measure of Internal-Consistency Reliability....Pages 17-28
Using the Testlet Response Model as a Shortcut to Multidimensional Item Response Theory Subscore Computation....Pages 29-40
Anatomy of Pearson’s Chi-Square Statistic in Three-Way Contingency Tables....Pages 41-57
Visualizing Uncertainty of Estimated Response Functions in Nonparametric Item Response Theory....Pages 59-68
Bayesian Estimation of the Three-Parameter Multi-Unidimensional Model....Pages 69-83
The Effect of Response Model Misspecification and Uncertainty on the Psychometric Properties of Estimates....Pages 85-114
A State Space Approach to Modeling IRT and Population Parameters from a Long Series of Test Administrations....Pages 115-132
Detection of Unusual Test Administrations Using a Linear Mixed Effects Model....Pages 133-149
Heterogeneous Populations and Multistage Test Design....Pages 151-170
Achieving a Stable Scale for an Assessment with Multiple Forms: Weighting Test Samples in IRT Linking....Pages 171-185
A Monte Carlo Approach for Nested Model Comparisons in Structural Equation Modeling....Pages 187-197
Positive Trait Item Response Models....Pages 199-213
A Comparison of Algorithms for Dimensionality Analysis....Pages 215-233
Evaluating CTT- and IRT-Based Single-Administration Estimates of Classification Consistency and Accuracy....Pages 235-250
Modeling Situational Judgment Items with Multiple Distractor Dimensions....Pages 251-265
Theory Development as a Precursor for Test Validity....Pages 267-274
Bayesian Methods and Model Selection for Latent Growth Curve Models with Missing Data....Pages 275-304
Notes on the Estimation of Item Response Theory Models....Pages 305-317
Some Comments on Representing Construct Levels in Psychometric Models....Pages 319-334
The Comparison of Two Input Statistics for Heuristic Cognitive Diagnosis....Pages 335-343
Does Model Misspecification Lead to Spurious Latent Classes? An Evaluation of Model Comparison Indices....Pages 345-355
Modeling Differences in Test-Taking Motivation: Exploring the Usefulness of the Mixture Rasch Model and Person-Fit Statistics....Pages 357-370
A Recursive Algorithm for IRT Weighted Observed Score Equating....Pages 371-383
Bartlett Factor Scores: General Formulas and Applications to Structural Equation Models....Pages 385-401
A Scalable EM Algorithm for Hawkes Processes....Pages 403-414
Estimating the Latent Trait Distribution with Loglinear Smoothing Models....Pages 415-425
From Modeling Long-Term Growth to Short-Term Fluctuations: Differential Equation Modeling Is the Language of Change....Pages 427-447
Evaluating Scales for Ordinal Assessment in Clinical and Medical Psychology....Pages 449-461
Differentiating Response Styles and Construct-Related Responses: A New IRT Approach Using Bifactor and Second-Order Models....Pages 463-487
Gender DIF in Reading Tests: A Synthesis of Research....Pages 489-506