A Generative Approach to the Modeling of Isomorphic Hidden-Figure Items
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- 1 June 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Applied Psychological Measurement
- Vol. 15 (2), 129-137
- https://doi.org/10.1177/014662169101500202
Abstract
A generative approach to psychometric model ing consists of encoding information about the cognitive processes and structures that underlie test performance into an item-generation algorithm in such a way that the generated items have known psychometric parameters. An important by-product of the approach is that the knowledge about the response process is tested every time a test is ad ministered. Validation thus becomes an ongoing process rather than an occasional event. This ap proach is illustrated through an analysis of hidden- figure items, and is shown to be feasible.Keywords
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