Q-matrix misspecification, if left unchecked, can have important practical implications¶
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q1 i? Misspecifications in the expert-constructed Q-matrix can have important practical implications if left unchecked. → Jimmy de la Torre and Chia-Yi Chiu 2016
Evidence¶
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 abstract's motivating statement: expert Q-matrix construction "remains a subjective process," and unchecked misspecification carries practical consequences. The article offers this as motivation without printed statistics in the available text.
"Although construction of Q-matrix is typically performed by domain experts, it nonetheless, to a large extent, remains a subjective process, and misspecifications in the Q-matrix, if left unchecked, can have important practical implications."
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Q-matrix misspecification, if left unchecked, can have important practical implications |
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Q-matrix misspecification, if left unchecked, can have important practical implications |
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