Journal
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT
Volume 43, Issue 4, Pages 322-335Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0146621618789392
Keywords
MIRT; extreme response style; MCMC; questionnaires
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Several multidimensional item response models have been proposed for survey responses affected by response styles. Through simulation, this study compares three models designed to account for extreme response tendencies: the IRTree Model, the multidimensional nominal response model, and the modified generalized partial credit model. The modified generalized partial credit model results in the lowest item mean squared error (MSE) across simulation conditions of sample size (500, 1,000), survey length (10, 20), and number of response options (4, 6). The multidimensional nominal response model is equally suitable for surveys measuring one substantive trait using responses to 10 four-option, forced-choice Likert-type items. Based on data validation, comparison of item MSE, and posterior predictive model checking, the IRTree Model is hypothesized to account for additional sources of construct-irrelevant variance.
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