Linear Models for Optimal Test Design

DOI10.1007/0-387-29054-0zbMATH Open1084.62115OpenAlexW1501670699MaRDI QIDQ5693240FDOQ5693240

Authors: Wim J. van der Linden 

Publication date: 22 September 2005

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29054-0

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zbMATH Keywords

overconstraintingpivot-itemquantitative constraintsrandom test lengthreference testrelative targetsingle testSwanson-Stocking heuristicstest characteristic functiontransshipment pointsunidimensional abilityweighted-deviation methodweighted-objective approachcost functionsimulated annealingoptimal designobjective functionpruningtest reliabilitygoodness-of-fitenumerationinteger programminggenetic algorithmsMonte Carlo methodlinear approximationKullback-Leibler informationminimax approachfeasibilitydynamic modeltwo-stageitem calibrationsimplex algorithmtree searchvariance functionthree-stage approachtest splittingactive constraintsredundant constraintssequential optimizationsimultaneous optimizationconvex spaceinfeasibilityblueprintSympson-Hetter methodresponse functionBIB designGreedy heuristicslinear decompositionbranch-and-bound searchnonlinear objectivesinformation functionlocal search heuristicsdesign modellogical constraintsinconsistent constraintscategorical constraintsparallel formspredictive validitypower-setclassification of attributestest assemblyresponse-timeitem-response theorypretest-posttest designability measurementability scaleabsolute targetadaptive test assemblyaggregated boundAlpha stratificationBayesian item-selection criterionbig-shadow-testbinomial-error modelBirnbaum approachclassical test designcomposite abilityconditional item-exposure controlcutoff scoredifferent item pooledited-setequating transformationequipercentilefixed test lengthGulliksen's matched random subsets methodheuristic correctionineligibility constraintsintentional factoritem authoritem mappingitem matchingitem overlapitem setitem swappingitem writingitem-criterion correlationitem-difficultyitem-discriminationitem-exposure controlitem-parameter estimationKelderman methodlinear on-the-fly testingLord-Wingersky algorithmLuecht heuristicsmarginal item-exposure controlmodern test designmultidimensional abilitymultiobjective test assemblymultiple abilitiesmultiple-shadow-testnetwork-flow approximationnuisance abilityobserved-scoreoperational item pool

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear regression; mixed models (62J05) Linear inference, regression (62J99) Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15) Applications of mathematical programming (90C90) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to statistics (62-02)

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