差异性项目通过强大的缩放运行
1University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 100 E Cameron Ave, Office 1070G, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA. peter.halpin@unc.edu.
Psychometrika
|May 4, 2024
概括
本研究引入了一种新的方法,用于检测物品响应理论 (IRT) 模型中的差异物品功能 (DIF),而不需要预定义的物品. 该方法将DIF重新定义为异常检测,为心理测量分析提供了一个强大的替代方案.
科学领域:
- 心理测量 心理测量 心理测量
- 教育测量教育的测量
- 统计 统计 统计 统计
背景情况:
- 差异物品功能 (DIF) 对于公正的测试至关重要.
- 当前的DIF检测方法通常依赖于预先指定的点,限制了它们的适用性.
- 项目响应理论 (IRT) 提供了一个分析项目和人特征的框架.
研究的目的:
- 提出一种用于在IRT模型中评估DIF的新方法.
- 开发一种不需要预先指定点的DIF检测技术.
- 为了提高DIF分析的稳定性和效率.
主要方法:
- 在IRT扩展中重新制定DIF检测作为异常值检测问题.
- 使用可靠的统计数据,特别是下降式M估计器,用于IRT参数估计.
- 调整估计器以控制DIF检测的非对称I型错误率.
主要成果:
- 理论分析证明了估计器在没有DIF的情况下的效率和DIF时的稳定性.
- 模拟研究表明,拟议的方法优于现有的DIF检测方法.
- 一个真实数据示例展示了该方法在缺乏点的场景中实用的实用性.
结论:
- 拟议的基于稳健统计的方法为没有点的DIF检测提供了可行的替代方案.
- 这种方法提高了心理测量评估的可靠性,特别是在复杂的研究环境中.
- 该方法主要集中在两参数后勤模型上,但具有更广泛应用的潜力.
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