期刊
MULTIVARIATE BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH
卷 55, 期 5, 页码 664-684出版社
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2019.1664280
关键词
Item response theory; model selection; Vuong test; likelihood ratio test; likelihood inference
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资金
- Swiss National Science Foundation [00019_152548]
- National Science Foundation [1460719]
- Divn Of Social and Economic Sciences
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [1460719] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
In this paper, we apply Vuong's general approach of model selection to the comparison of nested and non-nested unidimensional and multidimensional item response theory (IRT) models. Vuong's approach of model selection is useful because it allows for formal statistical tests of both nested and non-nested models. However, only the test of non-nested models has been applied in the context of IRT models to date. After summarizing the statistical theory underlying the tests, we investigate the performance of all three distinct Vuong tests in the context of IRT models using simulation studies and real data. In the non-nested case we observed that the tests can reliably distinguish between the graded response model and the generalized partial credit model. In the nested case, we observed that the tests typically perform as well as or sometimes better than the traditional likelihood ratio test. Based on these results, we argue that Vuong's approach provides a useful set of tools for researchers and practitioners to effectively compare competing nested and non-nested IRT models.
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