The Generalized Thurstonian Unfolding Model (GTUM): Advancing the modeling of forced-choice data

B Zhang, N Tu, L Angrave, S Zhang… - Organizational …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Forced-choice (FC) measurement has become increasingly popular due to its robustness to
various response biases and reduced susceptibility to faking. Although several current Item …

A note on improving variational estimation for multidimensional item response theory

C Ma, J Ouyang, C Wang, G Xu - psychometrika, 2024 - cambridge.org
Survey instruments and assessments are frequently used in many domains of social
science. When the constructs that these assessments try to measure become multifaceted …

Variational Bayes inference algorithm for the saturated diagnostic classification model

K Yamaguchi, K Okada - Psychometrika, 2020 - Springer
Saturated diagnostic classification models (DCM) can flexibly accommodate various
relationships among attributes to diagnose individual attribute mastery, and include various …

Variational Bayes inference for the DINA model

K Yamaguchi, K Okada - Journal of Educational and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article, we propose a variational Bayes (VB) inference method for the deterministic
input noisy AND gate model of cognitive diagnostic assessment. The proposed method …

Estimating three-and four-parameter MIRT models with importance-weighted sampling enhanced variational auto-encoder

T Liu, C Wang, G Xu - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Multidimensional Item Response Theory (MIRT) is widely used in educational and
psychological assessment and evaluation. With the increasing size of modern assessment …

Usable and precise asymptotics for generalized linear mixed model analysis and design

J Jiang, MP Wand, A Bhaskaran - Journal of the Royal Statistical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We derive precise asymptotic results that are directly usable for confidence intervals and
Wald hypothesis tests for likelihood-based generalized linear mixed model analysis. The …

Gaussian variational estimation for multidimensional item response theory

AE Cho, C Wang, X Zhang, G Xu - British Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) is widely used in assessment and evaluation
of educational and psychological tests. It models the individual response patterns by …

Fast and accurate estimation of non-nested binomial hierarchical models using variational inference

M Goplerud - Bayesian Analysis, 2022 - projecteuclid.org
The supporting information contains derivations of the variational algorithm (Appendix A),
formal definitions and proofs of MAVB (Appendix B), results on accelerating CAVI using PX …

Cross-classified random effects modeling for moderated item calibration

S Chung, L Cai - Journal of Educational and Behavioral …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
In the research reported here, we propose a new method for scale alignment and test
scoring in the context of supporting students with disabilities. In educational assessment …

Partially factorized variational inference for high-dimensional mixed models

M Goplerud, O Papaspiliopoulos, G Zanella - Biometrika, 2024 - academic.oup.com
While generalized linear mixed models are a fundamental tool in applied statistics, many
specifications, such as those involving categorical factors with many levels or interaction …