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Author : R. Dale Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Role of Model Testing in Theory Development written by R. Dale Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roderick P. McDonald
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135675317
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)
Download or read book Test Theory written by Roderick P. McDonald and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the reader to the main quantitative concepts, methods, and computational techniques needed for the development, evaluation, and application of tests in the behavioral/social sciences, including educational tests. Two empirical examples are carried throughout to illustrate alternative methods. Other data sets are used for special illustrations. Self-contained programs for confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis are available on the Web. Intended for students of psychology, particularly educational psychology, as well as social science students interested in how tests are constructed and used, prerequisites include a course on statistics. The programs and data files for this book can be downloaded from www.psypress.com/test-theory/
Author : Norman Frederiksen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136467939
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)
Download or read book Test Theory for A New Generation of Tests written by Norman Frederiksen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The editors of this volume suggest that there are missing elements in the conceptualization upon which standard test theory is based. Those elements are models for just how people know what they know and do what they can do, and the ways in which they increase these capacities. Different models are useful for different purposes; therefore, broader or alternative student models may be appropriate. The chapters in this volume consider a variety of directions in which standard test theory might be extended. Topics covered include: the role of test theory in light of recent work in cognitive and educational psychology, test design, student modeling, test analysis, and the integration of assessment and instruction.
Author : Duanli Yan
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 146650577X
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)
Download or read book Computerized Multistage Testing written by Duanli Yan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-05-07 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devising tests that evaluate a nation’s educational standing and implement efficacious educational reforms requires a careful balance among the contributions of technology, psychometrics, test design, and the learning sciences. Unlike other forms of adaptive testing, multistage testing (MST) is highly suitable for testing educational achievement because it can be adapted to educational surveys and student testing. Computerized Multistage Testing: Theory and Applications covers the methodologies, underlying technology, and implementation aspects of this type of test design. The book discusses current scientific perspectives and practical considerations for each step involved in setting up an MST program. It covers the history of MST, test design and implementation for various purposes, item pool development and maintenance, IRT-based and classical test theory-based methodologies for test assembly, routing and scoring, equating, test security, and existing software. It also explores current research, existing operational programs, and innovative future assessments using MST. Intended for psychologists, social scientists, and educational measurement scientists, this volume provides the first unified source of information on the design, psychometrics, implementation, and operational use of MST. It shows how to apply theoretical statistical tools to testing in novel and useful ways. It also explains how to explicitly tie the assumptions made by each model to observable (or at least inferable) data conditions.
Author : S. H. Irvine
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0805834419
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (58 download)
Download or read book Item Generation for Test Development written by S. H. Irvine and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work covers topics such as: the psychometric and cognitive theory of item generation; construct-oriented approaches to item generation; implementation; and applications of item-generative principles.
Author : Mark Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780732501686
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Modelling Group Effectiveness written by Mark Brown and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wim J. van der Linden
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0792364252
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (923 download)
Download or read book Computerized Adaptive Testing: Theory and Practice written by Wim J. van der Linden and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000-07-31 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the latest developments in the theory and practice of CAT. It can be used both as a basic reference and a valuable resource on test theory. It covers such topics as item selection and ability estimation, item pool development and maintenance, item calibration and model fit, and testlet-based adaptive testing, as well as the operational aspects of existing large-scale CAT programs.
Author : Kshirasagar Naik
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118211634
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (182 download)
Download or read book Software Testing and Quality Assurance written by Kshirasagar Naik and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-23 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A superior primer on software testing and quality assurance, from integration to execution and automation This important new work fills the pressing need for a user-friendly text that aims to provide software engineers, software quality professionals, software developers, and students with the fundamental developments in testing theory and common testing practices. Software Testing and Quality Assurance: Theory and Practice equips readers with a solid understanding of: Practices that support the production of quality software Software testing techniques Life-cycle models for requirements, defects, test cases, and test results Process models for units, integration, system, and acceptance testing How to build test teams, including recruiting and retaining test engineers Quality Models, Capability Maturity Model, Testing Maturity Model, and Test Process Improvement Model Expertly balancing theory with practice, and complemented with an abundance of pedagogical tools, including test questions, examples, teaching suggestions, and chapter summaries, this book is a valuable, self-contained tool for professionals and an ideal introductory text for courses in software testing, quality assurance, and software engineering.
Author : Hugh P. McKenna
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415142229
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (151 download)
Download or read book Nursing Theories and Models written by Hugh P. McKenna and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hugh McKenna bridges the gap between theory and practice and demystifies much of the confusing terminology surrounding nursing theory. Includes step-by-step guidelines on how to analyse concepts and select, apply and test theories in practice.
Author : Jason P. Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Developing Theory Through Simulation Methods written by Jason P. Davis and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simulation is an important method, but its link to theory development remains unclear and even controversial. Our purpose is to clarify when and how to use simulation methods in theory development. First, we develop a roadmap for conducting theory development using simulation methods. It ranges from selecting the research question and simple theory to conducting verification and validation. The primary value of simulation occurs in creative and systematic experimentation to produce novel theory. Second, we position simulation methods within the broad context of theory development. Simulation sits in the “sweet spot” between theory creating using methods such as multiple case inductive studies and formal modeling, and theory testing using methods such as multivariate statistical testing of hypotheses. We note the strengths of theory building using simulation including internal validity, experimentation to create new theory, and facility in coping with longitudinal, non-linear, and process phenomena, especially when empirical data are challenging to obtain. We also note simulation's weaknesses such as external validity. We conclude with guidelines for evaluation that focus on the importance of theoretical contribution, strength of method, and the insights of the emergent theory.
Author : JOHN T. GULLAHORN
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (227 download)
Download or read book The Computer as a Tool for Theory Development written by JOHN T. GULLAHORN and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research involving computer simulation not only plays the passive role of verifying and testing theory; it performs active functions for the development of theory. Formulating a theory as a computer model affords one a relatively tractable representation and possibly a more meaningful conceptualization, having increased precision as a result of the clarification of concepts necessitated by the programming process. Furthermore, a unique opportunity is provided by the modern digital computer's capacity to generate the programmed model's dynamic implications. In a computer run investigating a theory's processes it is not unlikely that unanticipated, anomalous, and strategic data may result and become the occasion for developing a new theory or for extending the existing model. (Author).
Author : Viktoria Spaiser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Testing and Revising the Human Development Sequence Theory Using Agent-Based Simulation and Data written by Viktoria Spaiser and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agent-based modeling is a promising tool for studying emergent macro-phenomena from micro-level mechanisms. We propose a methodology for converting theories about social change into mathematical agent-based models. These models are then analyzed to identify specific relationships between macro and micro variables, allowing us to identify which micro-level mechanisms are best supported by the available data. We apply our method to the human development sequence theory, showing that although the theory is supported by correlational evidence, the sequence of economic growth, democracy and emancipation stated by the theory is not entirely consistent with data. We then use the data and agent-based modeling to propose several plausible modifications of the theory, including the role of elites and economic inequality, which better explain the data. In general, we provide a framework in which macro-level non-linearities allow to derive and test theory's micro-level implications empirically and formally.
Author : Henk Elffers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100028705X
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Agent-Based Modelling for Criminological Theory Testing and Development written by Henk Elffers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agent-Based Modelling for Criminological Theory Testing and Development addresses the question whether and how we can use simulation methods in order to test criminological theories, and if they fail to be corroborated, how we can use simulation to mend and further develop theories. It is by no means immediately obvious how results being observed in an artificial environment have any relevance for what is going on in the real world. By using the concept of a "stylized fact," the contributors bridge the gap between artificial and real world. With backgrounds in criminology or artificial intelligence (AI), these contributors present agent-based model studies that test aspects of various theories, including crime pattern theory, guardianship in action theory, near repeat theory, routine activity theory, and general deterrence theory. All six simulation models presented have been specially developed for the book. Contributors have specified the theory, identified stylized facts, developed an agent-based simulation model, let it run, and interpreted whether the chosen stylized fact is occurring in their model, and what we should conclude from congruence or incongruence between simulation and expectations based on the theory under scrutiny. The final chapter discusses what can be learnt from these six enterprises. The book will be of great interest to scholars of criminology (in particular computational criminologists and theoretical criminologists) and AI (with an emphasis on AI for generative social processes), and more widely researchers in social science in general. It will also be valuable for master's courses in quantitative criminology.
Author : Luiz Moutinho
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814696366
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)
Download or read book Quantitative Modelling In Marketing And Management (Second Edition) written by Luiz Moutinho and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of marketing and management has undergone immense changes over the past decade. These dynamic changes are driving an increasing need for data analysis using quantitative modelling. Problem solving using the quantitative approach and other models has always been a hot topic in the fields of marketing and management. Quantitative modelling seems admirably suited to help managers in their strategic decision making on operations management issues. In social sciences, quantitative research refers to the systematic empirical investigation of social phenomena via statistical, mathematical or computational techniques.The first edition of 'Quantitative Modelling in Marketing and Management' focused on the description and applications of many quantitative modelling approaches applied to marketing and management. The topics ranged from fuzzy logic and logical discriminant models to growth models and k-clique models.The second edition follows the thread of the first one by covering a myriad of techniques and applications in the areas of statistical, computer, mathematical as well as other novel nomothetic methods. It greatly reinforces the areas of computer, mathematical and other modeling tools that are designed to bring a level of awareness and knowledge among academics and researchers in marketing and management, so that there is an increase in the application of these new approaches that will be embedded in future scholarly output.
Author : Alexander L. George
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262262894
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (622 download)
Download or read book Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences written by Alexander L. George and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2005-04-15 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of case studies to build and test theories in political science and the other social sciences has increased in recent years. Many scholars have argued that the social sciences rely too heavily on quantitative research and formal models and have attempted to develop and refine rigorous methods for using case studies. This text presents a comprehensive analysis of research methods using case studies and examines the place of case studies in social science methodology. It argues that case studies, statistical methods, and formal models are complementary rather than competitive. The book explains how to design case study research that will produce results useful to policymakers and emphasizes the importance of developing policy-relevant theories. It offers three major contributions to case study methodology: an emphasis on the importance of within-case analysis, a detailed discussion of process tracing, and development of the concept of typological theories. Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences will be particularly useful to graduate students and scholars in social science methodology and the philosophy of science, as well as to those designing new research projects, and will contribute greatly to the broader debate about scientific methods.
Author : Allan H. Mattock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Structural Model Testing - Theory and Applications written by Allan H. Mattock and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Norman Frederiksen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136468005
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)
Download or read book Test Theory for A New Generation of Tests written by Norman Frederiksen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The editors of this volume suggest that there are missing elements in the conceptualization upon which standard test theory is based. Those elements are models for just how people know what they know and do what they can do, and the ways in which they increase these capacities. Different models are useful for different purposes; therefore, broader or alternative student models may be appropriate. The chapters in this volume consider a variety of directions in which standard test theory might be extended. Topics covered include: the role of test theory in light of recent work in cognitive and educational psychology, test design, student modeling, test analysis, and the integration of assessment and instruction.
