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  • Educational Measurement
  • Psychometrics
  • Statistics

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  • Test developers often assume optimal effort from test-takers, ignoring potential issues like declining performance or item skipping.
  • Aberrant response behavior is prevalent in low-stakes and speeded tests due to motivation and time constraints.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and evaluate a novel mixture item response theory (IRT) model combined with item response trees (IRTrees) for classifying test-takers as normal or aberrant.
  • To assess the efficiency and quality of the proposed model through simulations.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a mixture item response theory (IRT) modeling approach combined with item response trees (IRTrees).
  • Conducted simulations using WinBUGS with Bayesian estimation to evaluate model performance.
  • Applied the model to an empirical dataset from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA).

Main Results:

  • The proposed mixture IRTree model demonstrated satisfactory parameter recovery in simulations.
  • Ignoring aberrant response behaviors like performance decline or treating missing data inappropriately leads to biased estimation.
  • The model effectively classifies test-takers and models aberrant response patterns.

Conclusions:

  • The new mixture IRTree model provides a robust method for identifying and analyzing aberrant response behavior in educational assessments.
  • Accurate modeling of aberrant responses is crucial for unbiased estimation and valid interpretation of test results.
  • This approach enhances the analysis of large-scale assessments like PISA.