Optimal Scores: An Alternative to Parametric Item Response Theory and Sum Scores
Optimal Scores: An Alternative to Parametric Item Response Theory and Sum Scores
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最佳分数:参数项目响应理论和总分数的替代方案
DOI:
10.1007/s11336-018-9639-4
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发表时间:
2018
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影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
Juan
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作者:
M. Wiberg;J. Ramsay;Juan
The aim of this paper is to discuss nonparametric item response theory scores in terms of optimal scores as an alternative to parametric item response theory scores and sum scores. Optimal scores take advantage of the interaction between performance and item impact that is evident in most testing data. The theoretical arguments in favor of optimal scoring are supplemented with the results from simulation experiments, and the analysis of test data suggests that sum-scored tests would need to be longer than an optimally scored test in order to attain the same level of accuracy. Because optimal scoring is built on a nonparametric procedure, it also offers a flexible alternative for estimating item characteristic curves that can fit items that do not show good fit to item response theory models.