Quantitative Psychology Research: The 80th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Beijing, 2015

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Continuation Ratio Model in Item Response Theory and Selection of Models for Polytomous Items....Pages 1-13
Using the Asymmetry of Item Characteristic Curves (ICCs) to Learn About Underlying Item Response Processes....Pages 15-26
A Three-Parameter Speeded Item Response Model: Estimation and Application....Pages 27-38
An Application of a Random Mixture Nominal Item Response Model for Investigating Instruction Effects....Pages 39-48
Item Response Theory Models for Multidimensional Ranking Items....Pages 49-65
Different Growth Measures on Different Vertical Scales....Pages 67-78
Investigation of Constraint-Weighted Item Selection Procedures in Polytomous CAT....Pages 79-88
Estimating Classification Accuracy and Consistency Indices for Multidimensional Latent Ability....Pages 89-103
Item Response Theory Models for Person Dependence in Paired Samples....Pages 105-121
Using Sample Weights in Item Response Data Analysis under Complex Sample Designs ....Pages 123-137
Scalability Coefficients for Two-Level Polytomous Item Scores: An Introduction and an Application....Pages 139-153
Numerical Differences Between Guttman’s Reliability Coefficients and the GLB....Pages 155-172
Optimizing the Costs and GT based reliabilities of Large-scale Performance Assessments....Pages 173-185
A Confirmatory Factor Model for the Investigation of Cognitive Data Showing a Ceiling Effect: An Example....Pages 187-197
The Goodness of Sample Loadings of Principal Component Analysis in Approximating to Factor Loadings with High Dimensional Data....Pages 199-211
Remedies for Degeneracy in Candecomp/Parafac....Pages 213-227
Growth Curve Modeling for Nonnormal Data: A Two-Stage Robust Approach Versus a Semiparametric Bayesian Approach....Pages 229-241
The Specification of Attribute Structures and Its Effects on Classification Accuracy in Diagnostic Test Design....Pages 243-254
Conditions of Completeness of the Q-Matrix of Tests for Cognitive Diagnosis....Pages 255-264
Application Study on Online Multistage Intelligent Adaptive Testing for Cognitive Diagnosis....Pages 265-275
Dichotomous and Polytomous Q Matrix Theory....Pages 277-289
Multidimensional Joint Graphical Display of Symmetric Analysis: Back to the Fundamentals....Pages 291-298
Classification of Writing Patterns Using Keystroke Logs....Pages 299-314
Identifying Useful Features to Detect Off-Topic Essays in Automated Scoring Without Using Topic-Specific Training Essays....Pages 315-326
Students’ Perceptions of Their Mathematics Teachers in the Longitudinal Study of American Youth (LSAY): A Factor Analytic Approach....Pages 327-338
Influential Factors of China’s Elementary School Teachers’ Job Satisfaction....Pages 339-361
The Determinants of Training Participation, a Multilevel Approach: Evidence from PIAAC....Pages 363-375
Latent Transition Analysis for Program Evaluation with Multivariate Longitudinal Outcomes....Pages 377-388
The Theory and Practice of Personality Development Measurements....Pages 389-398