期刊
PSYCHOMETRIKA
卷 81, 期 2, 页码 434-460出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-014-9428-7
关键词
Item response theory; Semi-parametric models; Monotonic polynomial; Item response function
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资金
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Institute of Education Sciences [R305B080016, R305D140046]
- National Institute on Drug Abuse [R01DA026943, R01DA030466]
We present a semi-parametric approach to estimating item response functions (IRF) useful when the true IRF does not strictly follow commonly used functions. Our approach replaces the linear predictor of the generalized partial credit model with a monotonic polynomial. The model includes the regular generalized partial credit model at the lowest order polynomial. Our approach extends Liang's (A semi-parametric approach to estimate IRFs, Unpublished doctoral dissertation, 2007) method for dichotomous item responses to the case of polytomous data. Furthermore, item parameter estimation is implemented with maximum marginal likelihood using the Bock-Aitkin EM algorithm, thereby facilitating multiple group analyses useful in operational settings. Our approach is demonstrated on both educational and psychological data. We present simulation results comparing our approach to more standard IRF estimation approaches and other non-parametric and semi-parametric alternatives.
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