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Vicente Ponsoda
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Second evalution of tests published in Spain
2013
El artículo describe los resultados de la segunda evaluación de tests psicológicos editados en España. La Comisión de Tests del Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos decidió que se evaluasen 12 tests, seleccionados principalmente por su novedad y amplio uso. Cada test ha sido evaluado por dos expertos. Al igual que en la primera evaluación (Muñiz, Fernández-Hermida, Fonseca-Pedrero, Campillo-Álvarez y Peña-Suárez, 2011), los evaluadores hacían su trabajo respondiendo a las preguntas del Cuestionario para la Evaluación de los Tests (Prieto y Muñiz, 2000), que adapta al contexto español el modelo elaborado por la Federación Europea de Asociaciones de Psicólogos Profesionales. De cada test se ha evalu…
Assisted Self-Adapted Testing: A Comparative Study
2004
Abstract: A new type of self-adapted test (S-AT), called Assisted Self-Adapted Test (AS-AT), is presented. It differs from an ordinary S-AT in that prior to selecting the difficulty category, the computer advises examinees on their best difficulty category choice, based on their previous performance. Three tests (computerized adaptive test, AS-AT, and S-AT) were compared regarding both their psychometric (precision and efficiency) and psychological (anxiety) characteristics. Tests were applied in an actual assessment situation, in which test scores determined 20% of term grades. A sample of 173 high school students participated. Neither differences in posttest anxiety nor ability were obta…
El viaje desde los cuestionarios Likert a los cuestionarios de elección forzosa: evidencia de la invarianza de los parámetros de los ítems
2019
Multidimensional forced-choice questionnaires are widely regarded in the personnel selection literature for their ability to control response biases. Recently developed IRT models usually rely on the assumption that item parameters remain invariant when they are paired in forced-choice blocks, without giving it much consideration. This study aims to test this assumption empirically on the MUPP-2PL model, comparing the parameter estimates of the forced-choice format to their graded-scale equivalent on a Big Five personality instrument. The assumption was found to hold reasonably well, especially for the discrimination parameters. In the cases in which it was violated, we briefly discuss the …
El viaje desde los cuestionarios Likert a los cuestionarios de elección forzosa: evidencia de la invarianza de los parámetros de los ítems
2019
Multidimensional forced-choice questionnaires are widely regarded in the personnel selection literature for their ability to control response biases. Recently developed IRT models usually rely on the assumption that item parameters remain invariant when they are paired in forced-choice blocks, without giving it much consideration. This study aims to test this assumption empirically on the MUPP-2PL model, comparing the parameter estimates of the forced-choice format to their graded-scale equivalent on a Big Five personality instrument. The assumption was found to hold reasonably well, especially for the discrimination parameters. In the cases in which it was violated, we briefly discuss the …
Comparing Traditional and IRT Scoring of Forced-Choice Tests.
2018
This article explores how traditional scores obtained from different forced-choice (FC) formats relate to their true scores and item response theory (IRT) estimates. Three FC formats are considered from a block of items, and respondents are asked to (a) pick the item that describes them most (PICK), (b) choose the two items that describe them the most and the least (MOLE), or (c) rank all the items in the order of their descriptiveness of the respondents (RANK). The multi-unidimensional pairwise-preference (MUPP) model, which is extended to more than two items per block and different FC formats, is applied to obtain the responses to each item block. Traditional and IRT (i.e., expected a po…
El viaje desde los cuestionarios Likert a los cuestionarios de elección forzosa: evidencia de la invarianza de los parámetros de los ítems
2019
ABSTRACT Multidimensional forced-choice questionnaires are widely regarded in the personnel selection literature for their ability to control response biases. Recently developed IRT models usually rely on the assumption that item parameters remain invariant when they are paired in forced-choice blocks, without giving it much consideration. This study aims to test this assumption empirically on the MUPP-2PL model, comparing the parameter estimates of the forced-choice format to their graded-scale equivalent on a Big Five personality instrument. The assumption was found to hold reasonably well, especially for the discrimination parameters. In the cases in which it was violated, we briefly dis…
Revisión del modelo para evaluar la calidad de los tests utilizados en España
2016
Para usar adecuadamente los tests, es necesario que los profesionales cuenten con información rigurosa de su calidad. Es por ello que, desde hace unos años, se viene aplicando el modelo español de evaluación de la calidad de los tests (Prieto y Muñiz, 2000). El objetivo de este trabajo es actualizar y revisar dicho modelo, con el fin de incorporar las recomendaciones hechas en sus aplicaciones, y para incorporar los avances psicométricos y tecnológicos que se han producido durante los últimos años. El modelo original fue revisado en varias fases, y la revisión originalmente propuesta fue revisada por un conjunto de expertos, lo que dio lugar a la versión final que se describe en este trabaj…
The Choice of Item Difficulty in Self-Adapted Testing
2000
Summary: The difficulty level choices made by examinees during a self-adapted test were studied. A positive correlation between estimate ability and difficulty choice was found. The mean difficulty level selected by the examinees increased nonlinearly as the testing session progressed. Regression analyses showed that the best predictors of difficulty choice were examinee ability, difficulty of the previous item, and score on the previous item. Four strategies for selecting difficulty levels were examined, and examinees were classified into subgroups based on the best-fitting strategy. The subgroups differed with regard to ability, pretest anxiety, number of items passed, and mean difficult…
SEGUNDA EVALUACIÓN DE TESTS EDITADOS EN ESPAÑA
2013
El artículo describe los resultados de la segunda evaluación de tests psicológicos editados en España. La Comisión de Tests del Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos decidió que se evaluasen 12 tests, seleccionados principalmente por su novedad y amplio uso. Cada test ha sido evaluado por dos expertos. Al igual que en la primera evaluación (Muñiz, Fernández-Hermida, Fonseca-Pedrero, Campillo-Álvarez y Peña-Suárez, 2011), los evaluadores hacían su trabajo respondiendo a las preguntas del Cuestionario para la Evaluación de los Tests (Prieto y Muñiz, 2000), que adapta al contexto español el modelo elaborado por la Federación Europea de Asociaciones de Psicólogos Profesionales. De cada test se ha evalu…
A Dominance Variant Under the Multi-Unidimensional Pairwise-Preference Framework: Model Formulation and Markov Chain Monte Carlo Estimation.
2018
Forced-choice questionnaires have been proposed as a way to control some response biases associated with traditional questionnaire formats (e.g., Likert-type scales). Whereas classical scoring methods have issues of ipsativity, item response theory (IRT) methods have been claimed to accurately account for the latent trait structure of these instruments. In this article, the authors propose the multi-unidimensional pairwise preference two-parameter logistic (MUPP-2PL) model, a variant within Stark, Chernyshenko, and Drasgow’s MUPP framework for items that are assumed to fit a dominance model. They also introduce a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) procedure for estimating the model’s paramete…
NUEVAS DIRECTRICES SOBRE EL USO DE LOS TESTS: INVESTIGACIÓN, CONTROL DE CALIDAD Y SEGURIDAD
2015
Antecedentes. Para llevar a cabo una evaluación psicológica rigurosa es necesario que los profesionales que la realizan tengan una preparación adecuada, que los tests utilizados muestren unas buenas propiedades psicométricas, y que se utilicen de forma correcta. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar las directrices recientes de la Comisión Internacional de Tests sobre el uso de los tests en tres ámbitos: investigación, control de calidad y seguridad en el manejo de las pruebas. Método. Se revisarán y comentarán los directrices recientes desarrolladas por la Comisión Internacional de Tests. Resultados. Las nuevas directrices sobre el uso de los tests ofrecen todo un conjunto de recomendac…
Nuevas directrices sobre el uso de los test: investigación, control de calidad y seguridad
2015
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