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C.R. Rao, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, U.S.A. Sandip Sinharay, MS and PhD in Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, U.S.A., Educational Testing Service, Princeton, U.S.A.
Description The area of Psychometrics, a field encompassing the statistical methods used in Psychological and educational testing, has become a very
important and active area of research, evident from the large body of literature that has been developed in the form of books, volumes
and research papers.
Mainstream statisticians also have found profound interest in the field because of its unique nature.
This book
presents a state of the art exposition of theoretical, methodological and applied issues in Psychometrics. This book represents a thorough
cross section of internationally renowned thinkers who are inventing methods for dealing with recent challenging psychometric problems.
Key Features/
- Emphasis on the most recent developments in the field
- Plenty of real, often complicated, data examples to demonstrate
the applications of the statistical techniques
- Information on available software
Audience
Psychometricians, Statisticians and Psychologists.
Contents Preface
Contributors
1. History and overview of psychometrics (L.V. Jones and D. Thissen)
2. Classical test theory (C. Lewis)
3. Validity: foundational issues and statistical methodology (B.D. Zumbo)
4. Reliability and generalizability theory (N.M. Webb,
R.J. Shavelson and E.H. Haertel)
5. Differential item functioning and item bias (R.D. Penfield and G. Camilli)
6. Equating test
scores (P.W. Holland, N.J. Dorans and N.S. Petersen)
7. Electronic essay grading (S.J. Haberman)
8. Some matrix results useful
in psychometric research (C.R. Rao)
9. Factor Analysis (H. Yanai and M. Ichikawa)
10. Structural equation modeling (K.-H. Yuan
and P.M. Bentler)
11. Applications of multidimensional scaling in psychometrics (Y. Takane)
12. Multilevel models in psychometrics
(F. Steele and H. Goldstein)
13. Latent class analysis in psychometrics (C.M. Dayton and G.B. Macready)
14. Random-effects models
for preference data (U. Bockenholt and R.-C. Tsai)
15. Item response theory in a general framework (R.D. Bock and I. Moustaki)
16. Rasch models (G.H. Fischer)
17. Hierarchicam item response theory models (M.S. Johnson, S. Sinharay and E.T. Bradlow)
18.
Multidimensional item response theory (M.D. Reckase)
19. Mixture distribution item response models (M. von Davier and J. Rost)
20. Scoring open ended questions (G. Maris and T. Bechger)
21. Assessing the fit of item response theory models (H. Swaminathan,
R.K. Hambleton and H.J. Rogers)
22. Nonparametric item response theory and special topics (K. Sijtsma and R.R. Meijer)
23. Automatic
item generation and cognitive psychology (S. Embretson and X. Yang)
24. Statistical inference for causal effects, with emphasis on
applications in psychometrics and education (D.B. Rubin)
25. Statistical aspects of adaptive testing (W.J. van der Linden and C.A.W.
Glas)
26. Bayesian Psychometric modeling from an evidence-centered design perspective (R.J. Mislevy and R. Levy)
27. Value-added
modeling (H. Braun and H. Wainer)
28. Three statistical paradoxes in the interpretation of group differences: illustrated with medical
school admission and licencing data (H. Wainer and L.M. Brown)
29. Meta-analysis (L.W. Hedges)
30. Vertical scaling: statistical
models for measuring growth and achievement (R.J. Patz and L. Yao)
31. Cognitive Diagnosis - part I: (L.V. Dibello, L.A. Roussos
and W. Stout) - part II: (S.J. Haberman and M. von Davier)
32. Marginal Estimation of Populalation characteristics: recent developments
and future directions (M. von Davier, S. Sinharay, A. Oranje and A. Beaton)
33. Statistical procedures used in college admissions
testing (J. Liu, D.J. Harris and A. Schmidt)
34. Integration of models (R.L. Brennan, D.R. Eignor, M.J. Gierl, J.P. Leighton, I.
Lawrence, N. Kingston, P. Sanders and C. Schmeiser)
Subject Index
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