Abstract

Comparison of the parameters of the items estimated according to classical test theory and item response theory: a simulation study By: Osama AbdulAziz Alwusaidi

There are two currently popular statistical frameworks for addressing measurement problems such as test development, test-score equating, and the identification of biased test items: Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Item Response Theory (IRT). This study is aimed empirically to examine the similarities and differences in the parameters of the items estimated using these two frameworks. and identify the statistical psychometric characteristics of the parameters of the items according to the classical theory and the item response theory, and determine the type and strength of the relationships between the estimates of the parameters of the items according to these two frameworks. In order to fulfill the objectives of the study, the descriptive methodology was used. and The population of the study was made up about a simulation study.For this purpose:

Contents

Basic descriptive statistics

summary(Data_OAlwusaidi)
##      Item01          Item02          Item03          Item04     
##  Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000  
##  1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:1.000   1st Qu.:1.000   1st Qu.:1.000  
##  Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000  
##  Mean   :0.686   Mean   :0.779   Mean   :0.755   Mean   :0.877  
##  3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000  
##  Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000  
##      Item05          Item06          Item07          Item08     
##  Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000  
##  1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:1.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000  
##  Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :0.000   Median :0.000  
##  Mean   :0.733   Mean   :0.784   Mean   :0.426   Mean   :0.381  
##  3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000  
##  Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000  
##      Item09          Item10          Item11          Item12    
##  Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.00  
##  1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:1.000   1st Qu.:0.00  
##  Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :0.00  
##  Mean   :0.509   Mean   :0.704   Mean   :0.753   Mean   :0.48  
##  3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.00  
##  Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.00  
##      Item13          Item14          Item15          Item16     
##  Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000  
##  1st Qu.:1.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000  
##  Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000  
##  Mean   :0.792   Mean   :0.554   Mean   :0.721   Mean   :0.624  
##  3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000  
##  Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000  
##      Item17          Item18          Item19          Item20    
##  Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.00  
##  1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:1.00  
##  Median :0.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.00  
##  Mean   :0.364   Mean   :0.589   Mean   :0.569   Mean   :0.88  
##  3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.00  
##  Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.00  
##      Item21          Item22          Item23          Item24     
##  Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000  
##  1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000  
##  Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000  
##  Mean   :0.737   Mean   :0.586   Mean   :0.674   Mean   :0.606  
##  3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000  
##  Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000  
##      Item25         Item26          Item27          Item28     
##  Min.   :0.00   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000  
##  1st Qu.:0.00   1st Qu.:1.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000  
##  Median :1.00   Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000  
##  Mean   :0.53   Mean   :0.753   Mean   :0.703   Mean   :0.636  
##  3rd Qu.:1.00   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000  
##  Max.   :1.00   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000  
##      Item29          Item30          Item31          Item32     
##  Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000  
##  1st Qu.:1.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000  
##  Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :0.000  
##  Mean   :0.805   Mean   :0.715   Mean   :0.729   Mean   :0.349  
##  3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000  
##  Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000  
##      Item33          Item34          Item35          Item36     
##  Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000  
##  1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000  
##  Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :0.000  
##  Mean   :0.551   Mean   :0.606   Mean   :0.645   Mean   :0.322  
##  3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000  
##  Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000  
##      Item37          Item38          Item39          Item40     
##  Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000  
##  1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:1.000   1st Qu.:1.000   1st Qu.:1.000  
##  Median :0.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000  
##  Mean   :0.391   Mean   :0.759   Mean   :0.774   Mean   :0.771  
##  3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000  
##  Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000  
##      Item41          Item42          Item43          Item44     
##  Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000  
##  1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000  
##  Median :1.000   Median :0.000   Median :1.000   Median :0.000  
##  Mean   :0.647   Mean   :0.481   Mean   :0.502   Mean   :0.472  
##  3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000  
##  Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000  
##      Item45          Item46          Item47          Item48     
##  Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000  
##  1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:1.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000  
##  Median :0.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000  
##  Mean   :0.404   Mean   :0.818   Mean   :0.587   Mean   :0.576  
##  3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000  
##  Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000  
##      Item49          Item50          Item51          Item52     
##  Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000  
##  1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:1.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000  
##  Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000  
##  Mean   :0.568   Mean   :0.783   Mean   :0.562   Mean   :0.517  
##  3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000  
##  Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000  
##      Item53          Item54          Item55          Item56     
##  Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000  
##  1st Qu.:1.000   1st Qu.:1.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000  
##  Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :1.000   Median :0.000  
##  Mean   :0.958   Mean   :0.774   Mean   :0.548   Mean   :0.496  
##  3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000  
##  Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000  
##      Item57          Item58          Item59          Item60     
##  Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000   Min.   :0.000  
##  1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000   1st Qu.:0.000  
##  Median :0.000   Median :0.000   Median :0.000   Median :1.000  
##  Mean   :0.481   Mean   :0.494   Mean   :0.459   Mean   :0.722  
##  3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000   3rd Qu.:1.000  
##  Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000   Max.   :1.000

2PLM IRT with R Output

summary(tplm)
## 
## Call:
## ltm(formula = Data_OAlwusaidi ~ z1)
## 
## Model Summary:
##    log.Lik      AIC      BIC
##  -34433.95 69107.89 69696.82
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 value std.err   z.vals
## Dffclt.Item01 -0.9615  0.1097  -8.7670
## Dffclt.Item02 -2.3913  0.3819  -6.2618
## Dffclt.Item03 -1.4393  0.1558  -9.2385
## Dffclt.Item04 -2.1661  0.2293  -9.4474
## Dffclt.Item05 -1.2519  0.1335  -9.3780
## Dffclt.Item06 -1.2516  0.1035 -12.0893
## Dffclt.Item07  1.0404  0.3238   3.2128
## Dffclt.Item08  0.6325  0.0970   6.5182
## Dffclt.Item09 -0.0558  0.1076  -0.5188
## Dffclt.Item10 -1.9792  0.3621  -5.4664
## Dffclt.Item11 -1.6458  0.2034  -8.0913
## Dffclt.Item12  0.1148  0.0897   1.2804
## Dffclt.Item13 -1.6104  0.1657  -9.7169
## Dffclt.Item14 -0.2781  0.0834  -3.3335
## Dffclt.Item15 -1.0702  0.1067 -10.0302
## Dffclt.Item16 -0.7034  0.1080  -6.5154
## Dffclt.Item17  0.7322  0.1022   7.1666
## Dffclt.Item18 -0.6340  0.1343  -4.7203
## Dffclt.Item19 -0.3586  0.0860  -4.1701
## Dffclt.Item20 -2.2987  0.2598  -8.8490
## Dffclt.Item21 -1.6679  0.2234  -7.4670
## Dffclt.Item22 -0.5757  0.1227  -4.6937
## Dffclt.Item23 -1.6402  0.3009  -5.4520
## Dffclt.Item24 -0.7232  0.1337  -5.4075
## Dffclt.Item25 -0.1411  0.0724  -1.9479
## Dffclt.Item26 -1.1650  0.1052 -11.0789
## Dffclt.Item27 -1.1056  0.1255  -8.8103
## Dffclt.Item28 -0.6435  0.0852  -7.5524
## Dffclt.Item29 -1.5041  0.1360 -11.0623
## Dffclt.Item30 -1.6225  0.2359  -6.8775
## Dffclt.Item31 -1.4399  0.1760  -8.1802
## Dffclt.Item32  1.4655  0.2735   5.3589
## Dffclt.Item33 -0.2648  0.0840  -3.1527
## Dffclt.Item34 -0.5974  0.1023  -5.8416
## Dffclt.Item35 -0.6210  0.0750  -8.2837
## Dffclt.Item36  0.7874  0.0840   9.3750
## Dffclt.Item37  0.6844  0.1178   5.8122
## Dffclt.Item38 -1.4410  0.1530  -9.4185
## Dffclt.Item39 -1.8478  0.2331  -7.9288
## Dffclt.Item40 -1.4840  0.1536  -9.6595
## Dffclt.Item41 -1.0438  0.1640  -6.3629
## Dffclt.Item42  0.1323  0.1066   1.2409
## Dffclt.Item43 -0.0171  0.0634  -0.2701
## Dffclt.Item44  0.2283  0.1280   1.7841
## Dffclt.Item45  0.9978  0.2322   4.2977
## Dffclt.Item46 -1.5017  0.1290 -11.6439
## Dffclt.Item47 -0.6003  0.1279  -4.6932
## Dffclt.Item48 -0.3573  0.0765  -4.6681
## Dffclt.Item49 -0.4701  0.1218  -3.8598
## Dffclt.Item50 -2.7732  0.5052  -5.4893
## Dffclt.Item51 -0.4354  0.1223  -3.5611
## Dffclt.Item52 -0.0888  0.0829  -1.0722
## Dffclt.Item53 -2.3152  0.2174 -10.6508
## Dffclt.Item54 -1.7828  0.2176  -8.1946
## Dffclt.Item55 -0.2958  0.1024  -2.8888
## Dffclt.Item56  0.0261  0.0923   0.2832
## Dffclt.Item57  0.1398  0.1124   1.2437
## Dffclt.Item58  0.0554  0.1264   0.4377
## Dffclt.Item59  0.3704  0.1489   2.4872
## Dffclt.Item60 -1.3626  0.1649  -8.2647
## Dscrmn.Item01  0.9638  0.0997   9.6668
## Dscrmn.Item02  0.5584  0.0929   6.0099
## Dscrmn.Item03  0.9043  0.1040   8.6994
## Dscrmn.Item04  1.0735  0.1405   7.6381
## Dscrmn.Item05  0.9469  0.1032   9.1706
## Dscrmn.Item06  1.3575  0.1335  10.1669
## Dscrmn.Item07  0.2958  0.0707   4.1820
## Dscrmn.Item08  0.9034  0.0895  10.0958
## Dscrmn.Item09  0.6439  0.0795   8.1039
## Dscrmn.Item10  0.4557  0.0817   5.5807
## Dscrmn.Item11  0.7519  0.0968   7.7644
## Dscrmn.Item12  0.8135  0.0852   9.5433
## Dscrmn.Item13  0.9742  0.1130   8.6202
## Dscrmn.Item14  0.9214  0.0908  10.1434
## Dscrmn.Item15  1.0890  0.1090   9.9861
## Dscrmn.Item16  0.8211  0.0893   9.1913
## Dscrmn.Item17  0.8951  0.0895  10.0035
## Dscrmn.Item18  0.6094  0.0799   7.6223
## Dscrmn.Item19  0.9110  0.0913   9.9756
## Dscrmn.Item20  1.0078  0.1380   7.3029
## Dscrmn.Item21  0.6732  0.0917   7.3448
## Dscrmn.Item22  0.6557  0.0815   8.0426
## Dscrmn.Item23  0.4615  0.0796   5.7946
## Dscrmn.Item24  0.6459  0.0819   7.8852
## Dscrmn.Item25  1.0891  0.0987  11.0340
## Dscrmn.Item26  1.2147  0.1204  10.0903
## Dscrmn.Item27  0.9070  0.0986   9.1981
## Dscrmn.Item28  1.0704  0.1017  10.5275
## Dscrmn.Item29  1.1665  0.1256   9.2884
## Dscrmn.Item30  0.6091  0.0874   6.9710
## Dscrmn.Item31  0.7674  0.0948   8.0981
## Dscrmn.Item32  0.4482  0.0756   5.9283
## Dscrmn.Item33  0.9095  0.0903  10.0681
## Dscrmn.Item34  0.8224  0.0887   9.2752
## Dscrmn.Item35  1.2681  0.1129  11.2296
## Dscrmn.Item36  1.2175  0.1066  11.4252
## Dscrmn.Item37  0.7291  0.0827   8.8165
## Dscrmn.Item38  0.9259  0.1052   8.7971
## Dscrmn.Item39  0.7351  0.0987   7.4474
## Dscrmn.Item40  0.9588  0.1086   8.8255
## Dscrmn.Item41  0.6272  0.0832   7.5400
## Dscrmn.Item42  0.6574  0.0797   8.2471
## Dscrmn.Item43  1.3329  0.1107  12.0397
## Dscrmn.Item44  0.5422  0.0760   7.1378
## Dscrmn.Item45  0.4091  0.0732   5.5889
## Dscrmn.Item46  1.2748  0.1357   9.3962
## Dscrmn.Item47  0.6324  0.0808   7.8306
## Dscrmn.Item48  1.0661  0.0984  10.8358
## Dscrmn.Item49  0.6263  0.0799   7.8430
## Dscrmn.Item50  0.4833  0.0910   5.3102
## Dscrmn.Item51  0.6131  0.0792   7.7379
## Dscrmn.Item52  0.8955  0.0892  10.0438
## Dscrmn.Item53  1.8782  0.2908   6.4593
## Dscrmn.Item54  0.7683  0.1002   7.6644
## Dscrmn.Item55  0.7159  0.0825   8.6773
## Dscrmn.Item56  0.7762  0.0840   9.2399
## Dscrmn.Item57  0.6181  0.0783   7.8922
## Dscrmn.Item58  0.5342  0.0758   7.0462
## Dscrmn.Item59  0.4787  0.0742   6.4496
## Dscrmn.Item60  0.7865  0.0948   8.2928
## 
## Integration:
## method: Gauss-Hermite
## quadrature points: 21 
## 
## Optimization:
## Convergence: 0 
## max(|grad|): 0.026 
## quasi-Newton: BFGS

2PLM IRT with Plot

3PLM IRT R Output

summary(three_plm)
## 
## Call:
## tpm(data = Data_OAlwusaidi)
## 
## Model Summary:
##    log.Lik      AIC      BIC
##  -34393.58 69147.16 70030.55
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 value std.err   z.vals
## Gussng.Item01  0.3471  0.0902   3.8466
## Gussng.Item02  0.0029  0.1604   0.0180
## Gussng.Item03  0.3090  0.1549   1.9955
## Gussng.Item04  0.3689  0.4296   0.8587
## Gussng.Item05  0.3830  0.1096   3.4942
## Gussng.Item06  0.2355  0.2234   1.0539
## Gussng.Item07  0.3229  0.0701   4.6087
## Gussng.Item08  0.1222  0.0504   2.4238
## Gussng.Item09  0.0003  0.0324   0.0086
## Gussng.Item10  0.0008  0.0507   0.0150
## Gussng.Item11  0.0001  0.0149   0.0072
## Gussng.Item12  0.2172  0.0575   3.7778
## Gussng.Item13  0.4253  0.2317   1.8356
## Gussng.Item14  0.2011  0.0747   2.6927
## Gussng.Item15  0.3277  0.0985   3.3255
## Gussng.Item16  0.2165  0.1486   1.4574
## Gussng.Item17  0.1375  0.0498   2.7597
## Gussng.Item18  0.2953  0.1465   2.0158
## Gussng.Item19  0.1422  0.0991   1.4345
## Gussng.Item20  0.0001  0.0089   0.0057
## Gussng.Item21  0.0000  0.0058   0.0069
## Gussng.Item22  0.3171  0.1063   2.9838
## Gussng.Item23  0.5037  0.0762   6.6092
## Gussng.Item24  0.1758  0.2950   0.5959
## Gussng.Item25  0.0000  0.0011   0.0083
## Gussng.Item26  0.0000  0.0039   0.0050
## Gussng.Item27  0.3592  0.1151   3.1207
## Gussng.Item28  0.3133  0.0803   3.9029
## Gussng.Item29  0.4082  0.1193   3.4218
## Gussng.Item30  0.0000  0.0058   0.0086
## Gussng.Item31  0.3208  0.2091   1.5339
## Gussng.Item32  0.1914  0.0761   2.5159
## Gussng.Item33  0.2320  0.0714   3.2475
## Gussng.Item34  0.1584  0.1681   0.9424
## Gussng.Item35  0.1110  0.1147   0.9679
## Gussng.Item36  0.0850  0.0306   2.7760
## Gussng.Item37  0.0298  0.1065   0.2796
## Gussng.Item38  0.1747  0.3235   0.5400
## Gussng.Item39  0.0003  0.0256   0.0111
## Gussng.Item40  0.0000  0.0028   0.0052
## Gussng.Item41  0.0000  0.0026   0.0063
## Gussng.Item42  0.2944  0.0652   4.5164
## Gussng.Item43  0.1324  0.0501   2.6436
## Gussng.Item44  0.2029  0.1378   1.4723
## Gussng.Item45  0.0754  0.2536   0.2975
## Gussng.Item46  0.3333  0.1429   2.3316
## Gussng.Item47  0.1602  0.2687   0.5961
## Gussng.Item48  0.1986  0.0828   2.3987
## Gussng.Item49  0.1027  0.2575   0.3990
## Gussng.Item50  0.0011  0.0819   0.0139
## Gussng.Item51  0.1726  0.2477   0.6968
## Gussng.Item52  0.0000  0.0012   0.0070
## Gussng.Item53  0.0001  0.0167   0.0046
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## Gussng.Item55  0.2041  0.1169   1.7463
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## 
## Integration:
## method: Gauss-Hermite
## quadrature points: 21 
## 
## Optimization:
## Optimizer: optim (BFGS)
## Convergence: 0 
## max(|grad|): 0.062

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