Combining IRT and SEM: A Hybrid Model for Fitting Responses and Response Certainties

Autor/inn/en	Ferrando, Pere J.; Anguiano-Carrasco, Cristina; Demestre, Josep
Titel	Combining IRT and SEM: A Hybrid Model for Fitting Responses and Response Certainties
Quelle	In: Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 20 (2013) 2, S.208-225 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1070-5511
DOI	10.1080/10705511.2013.769388
Schlagwörter	Structural Equation Models; Item Response Theory; Personality Measures; Goodness of Fit; Factor Analysis; Responses; Reliability; Accuracy; Computation; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Spain; Eysenck Personality Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Item-Response-Theorie; Faktorenanalyse; Reliabilität; Ausland; Spanien
Abstract	This article proposes a model-based procedure, intended for personality measures, for exploiting the auxiliary information provided by the certainty with which individuals answer every item (response certainty). This information is used to (a) obtain more accurate estimates of individual trait levels, and (b) provide a more detailed assessment of the consistency with which the individual responds to the test. The basis model consists of 2 submodels: an item response theory submodel for the responses, and a linear-in-the-coefficients submodel that describes the response certainties. The latter is based on the distance-difficulty hypothesis, and is parameterized as a factor-analytic model. Procedures for (a) estimating the structural parameters, (b) assessing model-data fit, (c) estimating the individual parameters, and (d) assessing individual fit are discussed. The proposal was used in an empirical study. Model-data fit was acceptable and estimates were meaningful. Furthermore, the precision of the individual trait estimates and the assessment of the individual consistency improved noticeably. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10