Abstract: Many researchers use self-report data to examine abilities, personalities, or attitudes. At the same time, there is a widespread concern that response styles, such as the tendency to give extreme, midscale, or acquiescent ...
Abstract: Guilt is an important correlate of the food choices parents make for their children. However, without a validated self-report measure of feeding-related guilt, researchers remain unable to reliably assess its consequences for ...
Abstract: The aim of this article was to develop an abbreviated version of the Sensory Processing Sensitivity Questionnaire (SPSQ), that maintains a similar factorial structure to the original and demonstrates good psychometric properties. ...
Summary: The present study aims to investigate the dimensionality of change problems with unknown initial set and the importance of various predictor variables derived from current models of change word problem solving with respect to children's strategy ...
Are spatial ability and reasoning separable dimensions? Dimensionality analyses of two Rasch-scaled tests: 3DW and WMTAbstract. The dichotomous logistic Rasch Model has been employed in order to examine a result published by Kubinger, which indicates ...
Development of an environmental knowledge measure: An application of the MRCML modelAbstract. Although accredited as a theoretically influential predictor of ecological behavior, environmental knowledge is generally neglected as a methodological issue. ...
Where has the Rasch model gone?Abstract. In the seventies, the Rasch model was considered a challenge for classical test theory. In German speaking countries, however, this innovation has not had a serious impact on test construction and development ...
How to measure early numeracyAbstract. The acquisition of mathematical skills can be viewed as a developmental process, starting long before formal mathematics education begins. The primary purpose of the research presented was to construct early ...
Developmental steps for a computer-adapted test for anxietyAbstract. Psychological constructs are usually assessed by instruments based on classical test theory (CTT). Since the sixties, item response theory (IRT) offers a promising alternative to these ...
Construction and analysis of C-tests with Rating-Scale Rasch ModelsAbstract. C-tests are written tests of general language proficiency. They consist of a small number of mutilated texts. Test-takers have to restore the original words in each text. In the ...
Are self-reported physical complaints of children and adolescents unidimensionally and specifically objectively measurable? Analyses regarding the scalability of the Giessen Physical Complaints Inventory for children and adolescents (GBB-KJ) in the ...
Local item dependence in the TestDaF reading section: A testlet response analysisTestlets are subsets of test items that are based on the same input. Tests that contain testlets are common in educational and psychological testing. However, use of ...
Handling of Item Positions Effects in the Development of Computerized Adaptive TestsAbstract. In computerized adaptive testing (CAT), item parameter estimates are assumed to be known and valid for all the positions that items can be presented on in the ...
A Yes / No Vocabulary Test for Children of Different Age Groups: Development and Validation Based on the Rasch ModelAbstract. In this article we present a vocabulary test for German primary school children. The test is based on the ...
Validation of the Adaptive Test of Emotion Knowledge (ATEM) for 3 – 9-Year-OldsAbstract. Emotion knowledge in children includes emotion recognition in other peoples’ faces, as well as understanding the internal and external causes and consequences of ...
Progress Monitoring of the Spelling Skills of Elementary School Students. Construction and Quality of a Curriculum-Based Measurement in GermanyAbstract. Recent German studies show a worrying situation regarding the orthographic performance of children. ...
Zusammenfassung. Kompetenzkonstrukte in der empirischen Bildungsforschung werden in der Regel auf kontinuierlichen Skalen abgebildet. Bei der Verwendung von Messmodellen der Item-Response-Theorie (IRT) kann auf Basis der gemeinsamen Metrik für ...
Evaluation of ratings: Psychometric quality assurance via many-facet Rasch measurementAbstract. Building on the many-facet Rasch measurement model (Linacre, 1989; Linacre & Wright, 2002), this paper presents a general framework of statistical procedures ...
Zusammenfassung. Die meisten der derzeit verfügbaren Mehriteminstrumente zur Erfassung des Wohlbefindens und der gesundheitsbezogenen Lebensqualität sind sehr lang und umfangreich, während kürzere Verfahren oft Einbußen in der Messpräzision bedingen. Die ...
The Lateral Preference Inventory: The item homogeneity of the German versionAbstract. The Lateral Preference Inventory (LPI, Coren, 1993) is a questionnaire designed to measure lateral preference on the four dimensions of handedness, footedness, eyedness,...