IRT Models for Ability-Based Guessing

Autor/inn/en	Martin, Ernesto San; del Pino, Guido; De Boeck, Paul
Titel	IRT Models for Ability-Based Guessing
Quelle	In: Applied Psychological Measurement, 30 (2006) 3, S.183-203 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0146-6216
DOI	10.1177/0146621605282773
Schlagwörter	Guessing (Tests); Probability; Mathematics Tests; Language Tests; Item Response Theory; Models; Cognitive Ability; Individual Differences; Computation; Foreign Countries; Chile + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erraten; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Language test; Sprachtest; Item-Response-Theorie; Analogiemodell; Denkfähigkeit; Individueller Unterschied; Ausland
Abstract	An ability-based guessing model is formulated and applied to several data sets regarding educational tests in language and in mathematics. The formulation of the model is such that the probability of a correct guess does not only depend on the item but also on the ability of the individual, weighted with a general discrimination parameter. By so doing, the possibility that the individual uses his or her ability to some extent for differentiating among responses while guessing is also considered. Some important properties of the model are described and compared with analogous properties of related models. After simulation studies, the model is applied to different data sets of the Chilean Sistema de Medicion de la Calidad de la Educacion (SIMCE) tests of mathematics and language. The conclusion of this analysis seems relevant--namely, that the examinees use their ability to guess in the language test but not in the mathematics test. (Contains 1 note, 4 tables, and 7 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10