Educational and Psychological Measurement, Ahead of Print. Descriptive fit indices that do not require a formal statistical basis and do not specifically depend on a given estimation criterion are useful as auxiliary devices for judging the appropriate…
Educational and Psychological Measurement, Ahead of Print. The pervasive issue of cheating in educational tests has emerged as a paramount concern within the realm of education, prompting scholars to explore diverse methodologies for identifying potent…
Educational and Psychological Measurement, Ahead of Print. Low-stakes test performance commonly reflects examinee ability and effort. Examinees exhibiting low effort may be identified through rapid guessing behavior throughout an assessment. There has …
Educational and Psychological Measurement, Ahead of Print. Identifying items with differential item functioning (DIF) in an assessment is a crucial step for achieving equitable measurement. One critical issue that has not been fully addressed with exis…
Educational and Psychological Measurement, Ahead of Print. According to faking models, personality variables and faking are related. Most prominently, people’s tendency to try to make an appropriate impression (impression management; IM) and their tend…
Educational and Psychological Measurement, Ahead of Print. A Monte Carlo simulation study was conducted to compare fit indices used for detecting the correct latent class in three dichotomous mixture item response theory (IRT) models. Ten indices were …
Educational and Psychological Measurement, Ahead of Print. In recent years, some models for binary and graded format responses have been proposed to assess unipolar variables or “quasi-traits.” These studies have mainly focused on clinical variables th…
Educational and Psychological Measurement, Ahead of Print. Although parallel analysis has been found to be an accurate method for determining the number of factors in many conditions with complete data, its application under missing data is limited. Th…
Educational and Psychological Measurement, Ahead of Print. The forced-choice response format is often considered superior to the standard Likert-type format for controlling social desirability in personality inventories. We performed simulations and fo…
Educational and Psychological Measurement, Ahead of Print. Equating is a statistical procedure used to adjust for the difference in form difficulty such that scores on those forms can be used and interpreted comparably. In practice, however, equating m…