An Item Response Theory-Based, Computerized Adaptive Testing Version of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory: Words & Sentences (CDI:WS).

Purpose: This study investigated the feasibility and potential validity of an item response theory (IRT)-based computerized adaptive testing (CAT) version of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory: Words & Sentences (CDI:WS; Fenson et al., 2007) vocabulary checklist, with the object...

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Publicado en:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 281 - 290
Autores principales: Makransky, Guido, Dale, Philip S., Havmose, Philip, Bleses, Dorthe
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Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Apr2016
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          Makransky, Guido
          Dale, Philip S.
          Havmose, Philip
          Bleses, Dorthe
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          University of Southern Denmark, Odense
          University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
          Centre for Child Language, Aarhus University, Denmark
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        Item response theory
        Vocabulary
        Children's language
        Speech & social status
        Ethnic groups
        Adaptive testing
        Statistical correlation
        Language disorder diagnosis
        Research evaluation
        Experimental design
        Research methodology
        Theory
        Evaluation
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          Item response theory
          Vocabulary
          Children's language
          Speech & social status
          Ethnic groups
          Adaptive testing
          Statistical correlation
          Language disorder diagnosis
          Research evaluation
          Experimental design
          Research methodology
          Theory
          Evaluation
      ab: Purpose: This study investigated the feasibility and potential validity of an item response theory (IRT)-based computerized adaptive testing (CAT) version of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory: Words & Sentences (CDI:WS; Fenson et al., 2007) vocabulary checklist, with the objective of reducing length while maintaining measurement precision. Method: Parent-reported vocabulary for the American CDI: WS norming sample consisting of 1,461 children between the ages of 16 and 30 months was used to investigate the fit of the items to the 2-parameter logistic IRT model and to simulate CDI-CAT versions with 400, 200, 100, 50, 25, 10, and 5 items. Results: All but 14 items fit the 2-parameter logistic IRT model, and real data simulations of CDI-CATs with at least 50 items recovered full CDI scores with correlations over .95. Furthermore, the CDI-CATs with at least 50 items had similar correlations with age and socioeconomic status as the full CDI:WS. Conclusion: These results provide strong evidence that a CAT version of the CDI:WS has the potential to reduce length while maintaining the accuracy and precision of the full instrument.
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