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Testing Manifest Monotonicity Using Order-Constrained Statistical Inference

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  • Jesper Tijmstra
  • David Hessen
  • Peter Heijden
  • Klaas Sijtsma

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Most dichotomous item response models share the assumption of latent monotonicity, which states that the probability of a positive response to an item is a nondecreasing function of a latent variable intended to be measured. Latent monotonicity cannot be evaluated directly, but it implies manifest monotonicity across a variety of observed scores, such as the restscore, a single item score, and in some cases the total score. In this study, we show that manifest monotonicity can be tested by means of the order-constrained statistical inference framework. We propose a procedure that uses this framework to determine whether manifest monotonicity should be rejected for specific items. This approach provides a likelihood ratio test for which the p-value can be approximated through simulation. A simulation study is presented that evaluates the Type I error rate and power of the test, and the procedure is applied to empirical data. Copyright The Psychometric Society 2013

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  • Jesper Tijmstra & David Hessen & Peter Heijden & Klaas Sijtsma, 2013. "Testing Manifest Monotonicity Using Order-Constrained Statistical Inference," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 78(1), pages 83-97, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:psycho:v:78:y:2013:i:1:p:83-97
    DOI: 10.1007/s11336-012-9297-x
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