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  • Cognitive science
  • Educational measurement
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • Existing cognitive diagnosis models (CDMs) often oversimplify latent attributes as binary.
  • This limitation may not accurately capture the nuances of skill acquisition and mastery.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel higher-order cognitive diagnosis model (CDM) that incorporates ordinal attributes.
  • To address the limitations of binary attribute assumptions in current CDMs for dichotomous response data.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a higher-order CDM with ordinal attributes, integrating expert knowledge or empirical data regularization.
  • Employed a sequential item response model for joint attribute distribution to capture sequential mastery.
  • Utilized the expectation-maximization algorithm for model parameter estimation.

Main Results:

  • A simulation study demonstrated the model's ability to recover parameters effectively.
  • Analysis of real-world data confirmed the practical viability and applicability of the proposed ordinal CDM.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed higher-order CDM with ordinal attributes offers a more sophisticated approach to cognitive diagnosis.
  • This model enhances the accuracy of attribute profiling and assessment, particularly in educational contexts.