%0 Journal Article %J Applied Psychological Measurement %D 2007 %T Computerized adaptive testing for polytomous motivation items: Administration mode effects and a comparison with short forms %A Hol, A. M. %A Vorst, H. C. M. %A Mellenbergh, G. J. %K 2220 Tests & Testing %K Adaptive Testing %K Attitude Measurement %K computer adaptive testing %K Computer Assisted Testing %K items %K Motivation %K polytomous motivation %K Statistical Validity %K Test Administration %K Test Forms %K Test Items %X In a randomized experiment (n=515), a computerized and a computerized adaptive test (CAT) are compared. The item pool consists of 24 polytomous motivation items. Although items are carefully selected, calibration data show that Samejima's graded response model did not fit the data optimally. A simulation study is done to assess possible consequences of model misfit. CAT efficiency was studied by a systematic comparison of the CAT with two types of conventional fixed length short forms, which are created to be good CAT competitors. Results showed no essential administration mode effects. Efficiency analyses show that CAT outperformed the short forms in almost all aspects when results are aggregated along the latent trait scale. The real and the simulated data results are very similar, which indicate that the real data results are not affected by model misfit. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA ) (journal abstract) %B Applied Psychological Measurement %V 31 %P 412-429 %@ 0146-6216 %G English %M 2007-13340-003 %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Personality Assessment %D 2001 %T Evaluation of an MMPI-A short form: Implications for adaptive testing %A Archer, R. P. %A Tirrell, C. A. %A Elkins, D. E. %K Adaptive Testing %K Mean %K Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory %K Psychometrics %K Statistical Correlation %K Statistical Samples %K Test Forms %X Reports some psychometric properties of an MMPI-Adolescent version (MMPI-A; J. N. Butcher et al, 1992) short form based on administration of the 1st 150 items of this test instrument. The authors report results for both the MMPI-A normative sample of 1,620 adolescents (aged 14-18 yrs) and a clinical sample of 565 adolescents (mean age 15.2 yrs) in a variety of treatment settings. The authors summarize results for the MMPI-A basic scales in terms of Pearson product-moment correlations generated between full administration and short-form administration formats and mean T score elevations for the basic scales generated by each approach. In this investigation, the authors also examine single-scale and 2-point congruences found for the MMPI-A basic clinical scales as derived from standard and short-form administrations. The authors present the relative strengths and weaknesses of the MMPI-A short form and discuss the findings in terms of implications for attempts to shorten the item pool through the use of computerized adaptive assessment approaches. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA ) %B Journal of Personality Assessment %V 76 %P 76-89 %G eng