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Paradoxical Results and Item Bundles
and demonstrated that such results are unavoidable for maximum likelihood estimates in multidimensional item response theory.
The potential for these results to occur leads to the undesirable possibility of a subject’s best answer being detrimental
to them. This paper considers the existence of paradoxical results in tests composed of item bundles when compensatory models
are used. We demonstrate that paradoxical results can occur when bundle effects are modeled as nuisance parameters for each
subject. However, when these nuisance parameters are modeled as random effects, or used in a Bayesian analysis, it is possible
to design tests comprised of many short bundles that avoid paradoxical results and we provide an algorithm for doing so. We
also examine alternative models for handling dependence between item bundles and show that using fixed dependency effects
is always guaranteed to avoid paradoxical results.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Theory and Methods
- DOI 10.1007/s11336-009-9143-y
- Authors
- Giles Hooker, Cornell University Ithaca NY USA
- Matthew Finkelman, Tufts School of Dental Medicine Boston MA USA
- Journal Psychometrika
- Online ISSN 1860-0980
- Print ISSN 0033-3123
