Educational Measurement for Applied Researchers Theory into Practice /

• Main Authors: Wu, Margaret (Author), Tam, Hak Ping (Author), Jen, Tsung-Hau (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Statistics.; Computer software.; Mathematics.; Social sciences.; Assessment.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences.; Mathematical Software.

This book is a valuable read for a diverse group of researchers and practitioners who analyze assessment data and construct test instruments. It focuses on the use of classical test theory (CTT) and item response theory (IRT), which are often required in the fields of psychology (e.g. for measuring...

Table of Contents:

• What Is Measurement
• Construct, Framework and Test Development - from IRT Perspectives. - Test Design
• Test Administration and Data Preparation
• Classical Test Theory
• An Ideal Measurement
• Rasch Model (The Dichotomous Case)
• Residual-based Fit Statistics
• Partial Credit Model
• Two-parameter IRT Models,- Differential Item Function
• Equating
• Facets Models
• Bayesian IRT Models (MML estimation)
• Multidimensional IRT models.