Psychometric Analyses of Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test Data from Chronic Multiple Handicapped AlcoholicsAbstract: A sample of 120 chronic alcoholic patients with multiple impairments was assessed with the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test and with ...
Many-Facet Rasch Analysis of Person JudgmentsAbstract: The many-facet Rasch measurement model (Linacre, 1989; Linacre & Wright, 2002) is applied to the analysis of person judgments. To this purpose, data from a study dealing with judgments of physical ...
Comparing Two Types of Automatically Generated Figural Matrices Items Using IRTSummary: Two pilot studies are presented in this article, which were carried out within the development of an item generator for automatic generation of figural matrices ...
The Rybakov Test is a traditional nonverbal spatial ability test for which promising results have been reported in the few validation studies that have been conducted to date. In order to more thoroughly determine the psychometric properties of the test, ...
Presentation and validation of the “Gestaltwahrnehmungstest” as a measure of field dependenceAbstract. The “Gestaltwahrnehmungstest”, a computer-based method which measures field dependence, is presented. The subjects are required to identify a simple ...
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 ...
The Trier Integrated Personality Inventory. Development of the instrument and comparative psychometric analyses according to the ordinal Rasch model and classical test theoryAbstract. The Trier Integrated Personality Inventory (TIPI version 4) is ...
Zusammenfassung. Für den Raumvorstellungs-Aufgabentyp EP (photographische Endlosschleifen) wird die “theoriegeleitete“ Skalenkonstruktion auf Basis des Rasch-Modells beschrieben. In drei empirischen Studien, die ein konsekutives, aufeinander abgestimmtes ...
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 ...
Zusammenfassung. Leistungsbeurteilungen unterliegen einer Reihe von Urteilsfehlern, die ihre Genauigkeit und Validität erheblich mindern können. Ein besonders kritischer Urteilsfehler ist die Tendenz zur Strenge bzw. Milde. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird ...
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 ...
Psychometric technology: Automatic dual-component item generation exemplified using a new item type for the measurement of arithmetic fluencyAbstract. The future of test construction may lie - at least for highly structured ability domains - in the field ...
Some problems in calibrating an item pool according to the Rasch modelAbstract. The importance of the Rasch model for psychological test calibration is beyond question, however, there are still a few problems to point out. Firstly, an item pool can be of ...
Setting performance standards on C-tests: Definition of proficiency levels using the prototype group methodAbstract. C-tests are gap-filling tests that measure general language proficiency. The present paper discusses how C-tests can be used to determine ...
Rasch analysis of the Freiburg Mindfulness InventoryThis study examines the psychometric properties of the 14 item short form of the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI) employing Rasch modelling. As both a once-factorial (mindfulness as a generic ...
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 ...
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 ...
Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) in alcoholicsAbstract.Background: The assessment of depression severity in alcoholics is potentially confounded because alcohol, acute intoxication or ...
Zusammenfassung. Ziel dieses Kurzbeitrags ist ein Überblick über die wichtigsten probabilistischen Testmodelle und ihre wichtigsten Anwendungen in der Sportpsychologie und Bewegungswissenschaft. Seit der Publikation des sogenannten eindimensionalen Rasch-...