Journal article
Methods for assessing item, step, and threshold invariance in polytomous items following the partial credit model
Educational and psychological measurement, Vol.68(5), pp.717-733
10/01/2008
DOI: 10.1177/0013164407312602
Abstract
Measurement invariance in the partial credit model (PCM) can be conceptualized in several different but compatible ways. In this article the authors distinguish between three forms of measurement invariance in the PCM: step invariance, item invariance, and threshold invariance. Approaches for modeling these three forms of invariance are proposed, and the mathematical relationship between the three forms is established. Parametric and contingency table approaches for assessing the three forms of invariance are presented, and the application of the parametric and contingency table approaches to a real data set is described. The invariance effect estimates observed for the parametric and contingency table approaches are consistent with the theoretical equivalence of the two approaches.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Methods for assessing item, step, and threshold invariance in polytomous items following the partial credit model
- Creators
- Randall D. Penfield - University of MiamiNicholas D. Myers - University of MiamiEdward W. Wolfe - Virginia Tech
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Educational and psychological measurement, Vol.68(5), pp.717-733
- DOI
- 10.1177/0013164407312602
- ISSN
- 0013-1644
- eISSN
- 1552-3888
- Number of pages
- 17
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/2008
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9985123936002771
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