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Explanatory Item Response Theory Models: Impact on Validity and Test Development?

Author : Susan Embretson

Published in: Quantitative Psychology

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Many explanatory item response theory (IRT) models have been developed since Fischer’s (Acta Psychologica 37:359–374, 1973) linear logistic test model was published. However, despite their applicability to typical test data, actual impact on test development and validation has been limited. The purpose of this chapter is to explicate the importance of explanatory IRT models in the context of a framework that interrelates the five aspects of validity (Embretson in Educ Meas Issues Pract 35, 6–22, 2016). In this framework, the response processes aspect of validity impacts other aspects. Studies on a fluid intelligence test are presented to illustrate the relevancy of explanatory IRT models to validity, as well as to test development.

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Metadata
Title
Explanatory Item Response Theory Models: Impact on Validity and Test Development?
Author
Susan Embretson
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Quantitative Psychology

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-01309-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-01310-3

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01310-3_1

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