Local homogeneity in latent trait models. A characterization of the homogeneous monotone irt model |
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Authors: | Jules L Ellis Arnold L van den Wollenberg |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mathematical Psychology, University of Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, PO BOX 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The stochastic subject formulation of latent trait models contends that, within a given subject, the event of obtaining a certain response pattern may be probabilistic. Ordinary latent trait models do not imply that these within-subject probabilities are identical to the conditional probabilities specified by the model. The latter condition is called local homogeneity. It is shown that local homgeneity is equivalent to subpopulation invariance of the model. In case of the monotone IRT model, local homogeneity implies absence of item bias, absence of item specific traits, and the possibility to join overlapping subtests. The following characterization theorem is proved: the homogeneous monotone IRT model holds for a finite or countable item pool if and only if the pool is experimentally independent and pairwise nonnegative association holds in every positive subpopulation.This research was supported by the Dutch Interuniversity Graduate School of Psychometrics and Sociometrics. The authors wish to thank two reviewers for their thorough comments. |
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Keywords: | stochastic subject unidimensionality local independence experimental independence local homogeneity monotonicity subpopulation invariance pairwise determination nonnegative association |
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