Development validation and norm values of the Rasch-based Depression Screening. An overviewAbstract.Background: In the light of high prevalence for depressive disorders in patients with somatic disorders and artificial retest-effects the Rasch-based ...
Summary: The problem of measurement invariance in organizational surveys is discussed, and it is shown how mixture distribution models can be used to detect response styles in organizational surveys. The results of an analysis of a leadership performance ...
Summary: Research related to the detection of item bias or differential item functioning (dif) has proliferated in psychometric and applied psychological literature over the last 25 years. In fact, debate has been heated on the nature and, more ...
A computerized adaptive testing (CAT) procedure was simulated with ordinal polytomous personality data collected using a conventional paper-and-pencil testing format. An adapted Dutch version of the dominance scale of Gough and Heilbrun’s Adjective Check ...
To investigate how an existing questionnaire can be transformed into a computer-adaptive version, we developed an adaptive version of the Interpersonal Competence Questionnaire (ICQ). This adaptive version was based on a representative sample (N = 1934) ...
Traditional adaptive tests provide an efficient method for estimating student achievements levels, by adjusting the characteristics of the test questions to match the performance of each student. These traditional adaptive tests are not designed to ...
Adaptive measurement of change (AMC) was investigated by examining the recovery of true change. Monte Carlo simulation was used to compare three conventional testing (CT) methods with AMC. The CTs estimated individual change moderately well when the test ...
Abstract:Background: Despite the widespread use of the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire–Revised (SBQ-R) and advances in item response theory (IRT) modeling, item-level analysis with the SBQ-R has been minimal. Aims: This study extended IRT modeling ...
Hulin (1987) suggested that the a and b parameters of item characteristic curves (ICCs) for test items that function differentially when translated for use in another culture (i.e., DIF items) may provide useful information about the source of DIF. Hulin ...
Psychological testing has been undergoing major changes. One of the main changes is the transition from the use of classical to modern test models and methods in test development. The purposes of this paper are to describe the shortcomings of classical ...
Abstract. In the present study, the authors proposed a novel self-report 16-item scale for assessing individual differences in adult prosocialness and tested its measurement properties by employing an item response theory (IRT) analysis of data collected ...
A new, computerized transitive reasoning test was constructed using 16 well-structured, theory-based tasks. The test was administered to 615 elementary school children. Within-subjects ANOVA showed that task format and presentation form influenced task ...
Item response theory (IRT) provides valuable methods for the analysis of the psychometric properties of a psychological measure. However, IRT has been mainly used for assessing achievements and ability rather than personality factors. This paper presents ...
Abstract. In this study the psychometric properties of the Personal Optimism scale of the POSO-E questionnaire (Schweizer & Koch, 2001) for the assessment of dispositional optimism are evaluated by applying Samejima's (1969) graded response model, a ...
This study evaluated the psychometric properties of a self-report scale for assessing perceived driver competence, labeled the Self-Efficacy Scale for Driver Competence (SSDC), using item response theory analyses. Two samples of Swedish driving-license ...
This study evaluated the measurement invariance of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF), a 14-item self-report questionnaire for measuring emotional, social, and psychological well-being. The study draws on data of a representative panel (...
This report provides an overview of the development and preliminary evaluation of an educational placement screener for use in short-term juvenile detention facilities. The screener is designed to gauge levels of competence in reading (at the word and ...
Abstract. Five studies were conducted to develop a short form of the Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR) questionnaire with optimal psychometric properties. Study 1 involved Item Response Theory (IRT) analyses of the responses of 2,...
Abstract. This two-study report investigates the equivalence of the Dutch Therapist Adherence Measure Revised (TAM-R) to the US original. The TAM-R is a questionnaire measuring therapist adherence to the treatment model of Multisystemic ...
Abstract. Academic achievements are often assessed in written exams and tests using selection-type (e.g., multiple-choice, MC) and supply-type (e.g., constructed-response, CR) item response formats. The present article examines how MC ...