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Area of Science:

  • Psychometrics and Statistical Modeling
  • Educational Measurement and Assessment
  • Psychological Measurement

Background:

  • Current item bifactor analysis methods are restricted to single-group analyses.
  • Existing approaches lack flexibility in supporting diverse item response models.
  • Limitations hinder comprehensive analysis of complex psychological and educational data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a flexible multiple-group item bifactor analysis framework.
  • To support a variety of multidimensional item response theory models.
  • To enable estimation of latent variable means and variances across groups.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a flexible multiple-group item bifactor analysis framework.
  • Incorporated support for dichotomous, ordinal, and nominal item types.
  • Derived an efficient full-information maximum marginal likelihood estimator using dimension reduction.

Main Results:

  • The proposed framework demonstrates flexibility and accuracy through simulation studies.
  • The estimation method achieves substantial computational savings.
  • The model successfully applied to analyze cross-country differences and differential item functioning.

Conclusions:

  • The novel framework significantly advances item bifactor analysis capabilities.
  • It offers a powerful tool for analyzing complex, multidimensional data across multiple groups.
  • The method is applicable to large-scale international educational surveys.