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Area of Science:

  • Psychometrics
  • Educational Measurement
  • Computerized Adaptive Testing

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  • Traditional online calibration designs rely solely on item responses.
  • Response time data, easily collected, has been underutilized in calibration designs.
  • Optimizing item assignment is crucial for efficient and precise calibration.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and evaluate two novel adaptive online calibration designs incorporating response time.
  • To compare the performance of these new designs against existing methods.
  • To assess the efficiency and information gain of response time-integrated calibration.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed two new adaptive designs: D-optimal per expectation time unit (D-ET) and D-optimal per time unit (D-T).
  • D-ET utilizes conditional maximum likelihood estimation (CMLE) for expected response times.
  • D-T employs the nonparametric k-nearest-neighbour method for response time prediction.
  • Simulations compared D-ET and D-T with the standard D-optimal design (D design).
  • A preliminary study evaluated CMLE performance for D-ET.

Main Results:

  • Both D-ET and D-T designs demonstrated significant response time savings compared to the D design.
  • The new designs accrued greater calibration information per time unit.
  • Item calibration precision was maintained without sacrifice.
  • CMLE performance was validated in a preliminary study.

Conclusions:

  • Incorporating response time into online calibration designs offers substantial benefits.
  • The proposed D-ET and D-T designs represent an advancement in adaptive testing calibration.
  • These methods enhance efficiency and information acquisition in computerized adaptive testing.