A discrimination index can empirically validate Q-matrix specifications by identifying and replacing misspecified entries in the Q-matrix¶
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q2 i? The proposed discrimination index identifies and replaces misspecified entries in the Q-matrix, within the class of CDMs subsumed by the G-DINA model. → Jimmy de la Torre and Chia-Yi Chiu 2016
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Jimmy de la Torre and Chia-Yi Chiu 2016¶
Jimmy de la Torre and Chia-Yi Chiu. (2016). A General Method of Empirical Q-matrix Validation. Psychometrika, Volume 81, Issue 2, June 2016. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-015-9467-8
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The article's abstract states the central methodological contribution: a discrimination index for empirical Q-matrix validation that works by "identifying and replacing misspecified entries in the Q-matrix" across a wide class of CDMs.
"this paper proposes a discrimination index that can be used with a wide class of CDM subsumed by the generalized deterministic input, noisy “and” gate model to empirically validate the Q-matrix specifications by identifying and replacing misspecified entries in the Q-matrix"
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A discrimination index can empirically validate Q-matrix specifications by identifying and replacing misspecified entries in the Q-matrix |
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A discrimination index can empirically validate Q-matrix specifications by identifying and replacing misspecified entries in the Q-matrix |
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