Measuring Psychological Constructs: Advances in Model-Based Approaches Book

Contributors xi

Foreword xiii

Preface xv

1 Measuring Psychological Constructs With Model-Based Approaches: An Introduction Susan E. Embretson 1

Part I Model-Based Approaches to Measuring Qualitative Differences Between Individuals 9

2 Mixture Distribution Item Response Theory, Latent Class Analysis, and Diagnostic Mixture Models Matthias von Davier 11

3 Skills Diagnosis for Education and Psychology With IRT-Based Parametric Latent Class Models Louis A. Roussos Louis V. DiBello Robert A. Henson Eunice Jang Jonathan L. Templin 35

4 Cognitive Psychometrics: Using Multinomial Processing Tree Models as Measurement Tools William H. Batchelder 71

Part II Model-Based Approaches to Isolating Entangled Constructs 95

5 Unidimensionality and Interpretability of Psychological Instruments Jan-Eric Gustafsson Lisbeth Aberg-Bengtsson 97

6 Using Item Response Theory to Disentangle Constructs at Different Levels of Generality David Thissen Lynne Steinberg 123

Part III Model-Based Approaches for Measuring Personality, Psychopathology, and Attitudes From Self-Reports 145

7 Measuring Psychopathology With Nonstandard Item Response Theory Models: Fitting the Four-Parameter Model to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Niels G. Waller Steven P. Reise 147

8 MIXUM: An Unfolding Mixture Model to Explore the Latitude of Acceptance Concept in Attitude Measurement James S. Roberts Jürgen Rost George B. Macready 175

Part IV Cognitive Psychometric Models for Interactive Item Generation 199

9 Recent Development and Prospects in Item Generation Isaac I. Bejar 201

10 Modeling the Effect of Item Designs Within the Rasch Model Rianne Janssen 227

11 CognitiveDesign Systems: A Structural Modeling Approach Applied to Developing a Spatial Ability Test Susan E. Embretson 247

Index 275

About the Editor 285