Modification indices for the 2-PL and the nominal response model

Glas, Cees A.W. (1999) Modification indices for the 2-PL and the nominal response model. Psychometrika, 64 (3). pp. 273-294. ISSN 0033-3123

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Abstract:	In this paper, it is shown that various violations of the 2-PL model and the nominal response model can be evaluated using the Lagrange multiplier test or the equivalent efficient score test. The tests presented here focus on violation of local stochastic independence and insufficient capture of the form of the item characteristic curves. Primarily, the tests are item-oriented diagnostic tools, but taken together, they also serve the purpose of evaluation of global model fit. A useful feature of Lagrange multiplier statistics is that they are evaluated using maximum likelihood estimates of the null-model only, that is, the parameters of alternative models need not be estimated. As numerical examples, an application to real data and some power studies are presented.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 1999 The Psychometric Society
Faculty:	Behavioural Sciences (BS)
Research Group:	Research Methodology, Measurement and Data Analysis (OMD)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/60251
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02294296
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