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Area of Science:

  • Psychometrics
  • Educational Measurement
  • Statistical Modeling

Background:

  • Latent trait estimates are problematic for secondary analyses with short tests.
  • Item misfit testing is particularly affected by measurement unreliability in brief assessments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore plausible value imputations for reducing unreliability in short tests.
  • To propose a parametric bootstrap procedure for item fit null-hypothesis testing.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized plausible value imputations to address measurement unreliability.
  • Developed a parametric bootstrap procedure for empirical sampling characteristics.
  • Simulated null-hypothesis tests for item fit.

Main Results:

  • Proposed item-fit statistics demonstrated conservative to nominal error detection rates.
  • Detection power for item misfit was lower than Stone's statistic.
  • Detection power exceeded Orlando and Thissen's statistic for tests with >= 20 dichotomous items.

Conclusions:

  • Plausible value imputations and parametric bootstrapping enhance item fit analysis in short tests.
  • The proposed statistics offer a viable alternative for detecting item misfit.
  • Effectiveness is particularly noted in tests with a moderate number of dichotomous items.