Journal article
An application of the multidimensional random coefficients multinomial logit model to evaluating cognitive models of reasoning in genetics
Journal of applied measurement, Vol.10(2), pp.196-207
2009
PMID: 19564699
Abstract
This article summarizes multidimensional Rasch analyses in which several alternative models of genetics reasoning are evaluated based on item response data from secondary students who participated in a genetics reasoning curriculum. The various depictions of genetics reasoning are compared by fitting several models to the item response data and comparing data-to-model fit at the model level between hierarchically nested models. We conclude that two two-dimensional models provide a substantively better depiction of student performance than does a unidimensional model or more complex three- and four-dimensional models.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- An application of the multidimensional random coefficients multinomial logit model to evaluating cognitive models of reasoning in genetics
- Creators
- Edward W. Wolfe - Indiana UniversityDaniel T. Hickey - Educational Designs Unlimited, United StatesAnn C.H. Kindfield - Pearson Assessment and Information, Mail Stop 130, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of applied measurement, Vol.10(2), pp.196-207
- PMID
- 19564699
- NLM abbreviation
- J Appl Meas
- ISSN
- 1529-7713
- Number of pages
- 12
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2009
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9985123700402771
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