Quantitative Psychology Research: The 78th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
What Do You Mean by a Difficult Item? On the Interpretation of the Difficulty Parameter in a Rasch Model....Pages 1-14
Thurstonian Item Response Theory and an Application to Attitude Items....Pages 15-25
Robustness of Mixture IRT Models to Violations of Latent Normality....Pages 27-43
An Option-Based Partial Credit Item Response Model....Pages 45-72
A General Saltus LLTM-R for Cognitive Assessments....Pages 73-90
Multidimensional IRT Models to Analyze Learning Outcomes of Italian Students at the End of Lower Secondary School....Pages 91-111
Graphical Representations of Items and Tests That are Measuring Multiple Abilities....Pages 113-132
New Item-Selection Methods for Balancing Test Efficiency Against Item-Bank Usage Efficiency in CD-CAT....Pages 133-151
Comparison of Linear, Computerized Adaptive and Multi Stage Adaptive Versions of the Mathematics Assessment of Turkish Pupil Monitoring System....Pages 153-163
Optimal Sampling Design for IRT Linking with Bimodal Data....Pages 165-179
Selecting a Data Collection Design for Linking in Educational Measurement: Taking Differential Motivation into Account....Pages 181-193
Vertical Comparison Using Reference Sets....Pages 195-211
A Dependent Bayesian Nonparametric Model for Test Equating....Pages 213-226
Using a Modified Multidimensional Priority Index for Item Selection Under Within-Item Multidimensional Computerized Adaptive Testing....Pages 227-242
Assessing Differential Item Functioning in Multiple Grouping Variables with Factorial Logistic Regression....Pages 243-259
MTP2 and Partial Correlations in Monotone Higher-Order Factor Models....Pages 261-272
A Comparison of Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Binary Data on the Basis of Tetrachoric Correlations and of Probability-Based Covariances: A Simulation Study....Pages 273-292
On Cronbach’s Alpha as the Mean of All Split-Half Reliabilities....Pages 293-300
An Empirical Assessment of Guttman’s Lambda 4 Reliability Coefficient....Pages 301-310
A Test for Ordinal Measurement Invariance....Pages 311-317
Model Selection Criteria for Latent Growth Models Using Bayesian Methods....Pages 319-341
A Comparison of the Hierarchical Generalized Linear Model, Multiple-Indicators Multiple-Causes, and the Item Response Theory-Likelihood Ratio Test for Detecting Differential Item Functioning....Pages 343-357
Comparing Estimation Methods for Categorical Marginal Models....Pages 359-375
Evaluating Simplicial Mixtures of Markov Chains for Modeling Student Metacognitive Strategies....Pages 377-393
Partitioning Variance Into Constituents in Multiple Regression Models: Commonality Analysis....Pages 395-405
Multilevel Random Mediation Analysis: A Comparison of Analytical Alternatives....Pages 407-428
Mediation Analysis for Ordinal Outcome Variables....Pages 429-450
Comparison of Nested Models for Multiply Imputed Data....Pages 451-464
A Paradox by Another Name Is Good Estimation....Pages 465-486