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Introducing the General Polytomous Diagnosis Modeling Framework.

ABSTRACT: Although considerable developments have been added to the cognitive diagnosis modeling literature recently, most have been conducted for dichotomous responses only. This research proposes a general cognitive diagnosis model for polytomous responses-the general polytomous diagnosis model (GPDM), which combines the G-DINA modeling process for dichotomous responses with the item-splitting process for polytomous responses. The polytomous items are specified similar to dichotomous items in the Q-matrix, and the MML estimation is implemented using an EM algorithm. Under the general framework, different saturated forms, and some reduced forms, can be transformed linearly. Model assessment and adjustment under the dichotomous context can be extended to polytomous responses. This simulation study demonstrates the effectiveness of the model when comparing the two response types. The real-data example further illustrates how the proposed model can make a difference in practice.

SUBMITTER: Chen J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6113892 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Introducing the General Polytomous Diagnosis Modeling Framework.

Chen Jinsong J de la Torre Jimmy J

Frontiers in psychology 20180822

Although considerable developments have been added to the cognitive diagnosis modeling literature recently, most have been conducted for dichotomous responses only. This research proposes a general cognitive diagnosis model for polytomous responses-the general polytomous diagnosis model (GPDM), which combines the G-DINA modeling process for dichotomous responses with the item-splitting process for polytomous responses. The polytomous items are specified similar to dichotomous items in the Q-matr ...[more]

PMID: 30186195

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