The Benefits of Fixed Item Parameter Calibration for Parameter Accuracy in Small Sample Situations in Large‐Scale Assessments     

Christoph Knig  Lale Khorramdel  Kentaro Yamamoto  Andreas Frey 《Educational Measurement》2021,40(1):17-27

Large‐scale assessments such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) have field trials where new survey features are tested for utility in the main survey. Because of resource constraints, there is a trade‐off between how much of the sample can be used to test new survey features and how much can be used for the initial item response theory (IRT) scaling. Utilizing real assessment data of the PISA 2015 Science assessment, this article demonstrates that using fixed item parameter calibration (FIPC) in the field trial yields stable item parameter estimates in the initial IRT scaling for samples as small as n = 250 per country. Moreover, the results indicate that for the recovery of the county‐specific latent trait distributions, the estimates of the trend items (i.e., the information introduced into the calibration) are crucial. Thus, concerning the country‐level sample size of n = 1,950 currently used in the PISA field trial, FIPC is useful for increasing the number of survey features that can be examined during the field trial without the need to increase the total sample size. This enables international large‐scale assessments such as PISA to keep up with state‐of‐the‐art developments regarding assessment frameworks, psychometric models, and delivery platform capabilities.  相似文献   

Conservation of prayer leaves attached to glass plates with animal glue     

Hyunjin Lee  Noriko Hayakawa  Noriko Yamamoto  Kakuyu Nakamura 《文物保护研究》2014,59(5):S240-S241

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Paper lining: Techniques based on knowledge and experience     

Keisuke Sugiyama  Jinxian Qiu  Hisashi Hakamata 《文物保护研究》2014,59(5):S145-S148

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Performance Modeling That Integrates Latent Trait and Class Theory     

Drew H. Gitomer  Kentaro Yamamoto 《Journal of Educational Measurement》1991,28(2):173-189

The qualitative characterization of individual performance that is central to modem psychological theory is not adequately modeled by traditional psychometric theory that assumes, among other things, unidimensionality. In the present study, data are presented that are more adequately modeled by HYBRID, a model that incorporates both latent trait and latent class components. The latent classes were defined by a cognitive analysis of the understanding that individuals have for a circumscribed domain. In addition to providing a better statistical fit, the analysis also improves the amount of diagnostic information available for a given individual.  相似文献   

The role of predictability in preventing escape deficits following loss of control over food acquisition     

Akihito Sonoda  Hisashi Hirai 《Learning & behavior》1992,20(4):427-430

The present experiment examined whether predictability of food acquisition would eliminate the impairment of subsequent escape performance that otherwise resulted from uncontrollability over food acquisition. In pretreatment, the yoked and the yoked-signal groups received response-independent food at the same times as the experimental group acquired it on an FR 5/20 lever-press schedule. However, a pellet presented for the yoked-signal group followed a 1.5-sqc tone, which served as a predictive signal of food. The naive control group received the same clumber of pellets in their home cages in this phase. Results of the escape latency in the subsequent FR 2 shuttling shock-escape test indicated that the predictability of outcome eliminated the escape deficits showed by the yoked-non signal group. This modulating effect of a predictive signal is hypothesized to be due to an overshadowing of uncontrollability by predictability.  相似文献   

Social Capital in a Community Context: A Multilevel Analysis of Individual- and Community-Level Predictors of Social Trust     

Douglas Blanks Hindman  Masahiro Yamamoto 《Mass Communication and Society》2013,16(6):838-856

The community structural pluralism model represents the earliest and most enduring research program to conceptualize media effects within a community context. The model, which has intellectual roots in social theory concerned with the impact of population size and density on human interaction, is relevant to the resurgence of interest in multilevel analysis in media research, particularly research regarding the media effects on indicators of social capital such as social trust. The present study uses multilevel modeling to test the linear development model (Berry & Kasarda, 1977 Berry , B. , & Kasarda , J. ( 1977 ). Contemporary urban ecology . New York , NY : Macmillan . [Google Scholar]) which predicts that community structural pluralism would be negatively associated with individual-level social trust, even while controlling for individual-level predictors including media use and length of residence. Using survey data from 21 communities included in the 2001 Social Capital Community Benchmark Study, the analysis includes a rigorous test of the community structural pluralism model by determining whether the relationship between media use and social trust varies across communities. In support of the linear development model, community structural pluralism was negatively associated with social trust even while controlling for individual-level predictors. Additional findings that challenge traditional assumptions about the role of social trust in political participation are discussed.  相似文献   

Teaching as a Life of Creation: Introduction     

Kaoru Yamamoto 《The Educational forum》2013,77(2):103-105

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Farewell     

Kaoru Yamamoto 《The Educational forum》2013,77(4):327-328

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Editorial Board Page     

Kaoru Yamamoto 《The Educational forum》2013,77(3)

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Reflections from the Desert     

Kaoru Yamamoto 《The Educational forum》2013,77(3)

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