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Activity Number: 360
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Biometrics Section
Abstract - #308623
Title: Integrated Test Information
Author(s): S. McKay Curtis*+ and Paul K. Crane
Companies: University of Washington and University of Washington
Address: Department of Statistics, Seattle, WA, 98195,
Keywords: bifactor model ; psychometrics ; nuisance parameters
Abstract:

In the study of cognitive diseases, a goal of many data analyses is to estimate a general cognitive ability of individuals. Tests designed to measure this ability are evaluated using test information (TI)---a measure of how precisely the test can estimate abilities. Formulas for TI in basic item response theory (IRT) models are well known. However, these models often provide poor fit to real data, and multidimensional IRT or item factor analysis models may be used to account for residual correlation or nuisance factors. In these advanced models, it may still be important to have a measure of TI for the general ability factor. We derive a measure of TI that accounts for nuisance factors and residual correlation by integrating over the nuisance factors in the likelihood. We demonstrate this method using a data set from Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.


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